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[Version 0.3]

-- [x] gc option -- [x] channels -- [x] lock{} -- [x] thread safe arrays -- [x] rune type -- [x] replace ustring with []rune -- [x] fix byte.str() -- [x] maps with non-string keys -- [x] iOS/Android support -- [x] parallel cgen -- [x] IO streams -- [x] struct embedding -- [x] interface embedding -- [x] interfaces: allow struct fields (not just methods) -- [x] short generics syntax (foo(5) instead of foo<int>(5)) -- [x] more advanced errors, not just error('message')

[Version 0.4]

• Coroutines
• vfmt: add missing imports (like goimports)
• Recursive structs via options: struct Node { next ?Node }
• First class Option type
• Optional function struct fields
• Handle function pointers safely, remove if function == 0 {
• Bundle OpenSSL like GC
• Anonymous structs
• any type
• Improve vweb: allow separation of logic via "controllers", lots of other fixes
• New VPM site

[Version 0.5]

• Thread safe maps
• Parallel parser
• Parallel checker
• Parallel C compilation
• recover() from panics
• -usecache on by default
• -skip-unused on by default
• 64/32 bit int depending on arch (will remove array.len limitation on 64 bit systems)
• copy() builtin function (e.g. for easier conversion from []Foo to [4]Foo)

[Version 1.0]

• Cross compilation of C
• Big remaining bugs fixed
• More powerful comptime
• Constraits for generics
• Coroutines on Windows
• Autofree memory management option ready for production
• C2V supporting entire C99 standard

Tooling

• More stable VLS
• Profiler improvements
  • Basic interactive shell with search, sort, filter, etc.
• VPM
  • New VPM site
  • Package versioning
• A better documentation platform

Web

• Site that brings everything together in a single style
• Interactive educational platform (learning to program for beginners)