Programming Language
V Appeared 2019
V, also known as vlang, is a statically typed, compiled programming language created by Alexander Medvednikov in early 2019. It was inspired by the language Go, along with other influences like Oberon, Swift, and Rust. V aims for simplicity, readability, maintainability, and performance. It is free and open-source, with a model that emphasizes speed, safety, and reliability, under the MIT License.
Trends languish rank #189 languish — 25 periods, 2019Q2 to 2025Q2 2019Q2 2025Q2
Influence graph Influence graph for V: 43 influencing languages, 1 family links C++ influenced Ada Eiffel influenced Ada Pascal influenced Ada C influenced AWK sed influenced AWK Fortran influenced BASIC Fortran influenced C Ada influenced C++ APL influenced C++ C influenced C++ F# influenced C++ C influenced C# C++ influenced C# D influenced C# Eiffel influenced C# F# influenced C# Haskell influenced C# Java influenced C# Pascal influenced C# Scala influenced C# Visual Basic influenced C# C influenced Cilk C++ influenced Cilk Haskell influenced Clean Haskell influenced CoffeeScript JavaScript influenced CoffeeScript Perl influenced CoffeeScript Python influenced CoffeeScript Ruby influenced CoffeeScript Lisp influenced Common Lisp R5RS influenced Common Lisp Scheme influenced Common Lisp Ada influenced D BASIC influenced D C influenced D C++ influenced D C# influenced D Eiffel influenced D Java influenced D Python influenced D Ruby influenced D Ada influenced Eiffel Lisp influenced Erlang Prolog influenced Erlang C# influenced F# Erlang influenced F# Haskell influenced F# OCaml influenced F# Python influenced F# Scala influenced F# Standard ML influenced F# APL influenced Go C influenced Go D influenced Go Erlang influenced Go Pascal influenced Go Python influenced Go Clean influenced Haskell Lisp influenced Haskell R5RS influenced Haskell Raku influenced Haskell Scheme influenced Haskell Standard ML influenced Haskell C++ influenced Java AWK influenced JavaScript C influenced JavaScript Java influenced JavaScript Lisp influenced JavaScript Lua influenced JavaScript MoonScript influenced JavaScript Perl influenced JavaScript Python influenced JavaScript R5RS influenced JavaScript Scheme influenced JavaScript Self influenced JavaScript AWK influenced Lua C influenced Lua C++ influenced Lua Lisp influenced Lua R5RS influenced Lua Scheme influenced Lua Self influenced Lua C++ influenced MoonScript CoffeeScript influenced MoonScript Lua influenced MoonScript Scheme influenced MoonScript Ada influenced Nim C influenced Nim C++ influenced Nim Lisp influenced Nim Python influenced Nim Rust influenced Nim C influenced Objective-C C influenced OCaml Pascal influenced OCaml Standard ML influenced OCaml AWK influenced Perl BASIC influenced Perl C influenced Perl C++ influenced Perl Lisp influenced Perl Raku influenced Perl sed influenced Perl Ada influenced Python APL influenced Python C influenced Python C++ influenced Python Haskell influenced Python Lisp influenced Python Perl influenced Python R5RS influenced Python Scheme influenced Python Standard ML influenced Python Lisp influenced R5RS Eiffel influenced Racket Lisp influenced Racket R5RS influenced Racket Scheme influenced Racket Haskell influenced Raku JavaScript influenced Raku Perl influenced Raku Ruby influenced Raku BASIC influenced Ruby C++ influenced Ruby Eiffel influenced Ruby Lisp influenced Ruby Lua influenced Ruby MoonScript influenced Ruby Perl influenced Ruby Python influenced Ruby R5RS influenced Ruby Scheme influenced Ruby Smalltalk influenced Ruby C influenced Rust C++ influenced Rust C# influenced Rust Cilk influenced Rust D influenced Rust Erlang influenced Rust Haskell influenced Rust JavaScript influenced Rust OCaml influenced Rust R5RS influenced Rust Racket influenced Rust Ruby influenced Rust Scheme influenced Rust Standard ML influenced Rust Swift influenced Rust Common Lisp influenced Scala Eiffel influenced Scala Erlang influenced Scala F# influenced Scala Haskell influenced Scala Lisp influenced Scala OCaml influenced Scala R5RS influenced Scala Scheme influenced Scala Standard ML influenced Scala Lisp influenced Scheme APL influenced Self Pascal influenced Standard ML C influenced Swift C# influenced Swift D influenced Swift Haskell influenced Swift Lisp influenced Swift Objective-C influenced Swift Python influenced Swift Ruby influenced Swift Rust influenced Swift Scala influenced Swift Go influenced V Nim influenced V Rust influenced V Swift influenced V BASIC influenced Visual Basic Haskell influenced Visual Basic V compiles to C Fortran sed C APL Pascal BASIC AWK Lisp Self Perl R5RS Standard ML Scheme Eiffel Smalltalk Lua Python Ruby CoffeeScript Java MoonScript JavaScript Clean Prolog Raku Common Lisp Haskell Erlang OCaml Visual Basic Scala C# F# C++ Ada D Objective-C Cilk Racket Swift Rust Go Nim V Solid arrows: influence, oldest at the top. Dashed: compiles to / is a dialect of / implements. 