Vala could replace C ...

Bill Baxter dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com
Mon Sep 3 14:48:52 PDT 2007


Clay Smith wrote:
> 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."
> 
> Looks like the GNOME folks wanted to write their own language 
> specifically for GNOME stuff. That said, 'Vala /might/ replace C for the 
> GNOME team.' I don't think many outside the GNOME team would be very 
> interested.

It sounds to me like they're trying to make something like ObjC but 
based on glib.

--bb



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