Vala could replace C ...

[Reiner Pope]

kris wrote:
> http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/09/02/vala-high-level-programming-with-less-fat 
> 
> 
> "Vala is still a work in progress, but support for the language is 
> growing rapidly. Close GObject integration makes Vala an ideal choice 
> for GNOME development, and the requisite library support is steadily 
> falling into place. Vala's biggest deficiency right now is the lack of 
> documentation. In time, Vala could replace C as the principle language 
> of the GNOME platform."

Most of the listed features, D has too:

- Interfaces
- Properties
- Signals  (why is this a language feature?)
- Foreach
- Lambda expressions
- Type inference for local variables
- Generics
- Non-null types
- Assisted memory management
- Exception handling
- Type modules (Plugins)

I'm not sure how type modules work, but I do know about non-null types, 
and they would sure be nice in D.


   -- Reiner