On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 01:09:48PM +0100, Marc-André Lureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: wnpp > Owner: "Marc-Andre Lureau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : vala > Version : 0.0.5 > Upstream Author : Jürg Billeter <j at bitron dot ch> and Raffaele Sandrini > <ra > sa at gmx dot ch> > * URL : http://vala.paldo.org > * License : LGPL 2.1 > Programming Lang: C, Vala > Description : Compiler for the GObject type system > > Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming > language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional > runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to > applications and libraries written in C. > > valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates > Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject > type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source > code. It's also planned to generate GIDL files when > gobject-introspection is ready. > > The syntax of Vala is similar to C#, modified to better fit the GObject > type system.
That's pretty interesting stuff. Are there projects that are already using it or planning to ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
