On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 17:03 +0100, Mark wrote: > > Vala of course - http://live.gnome.org/Vala > > > > if you like c#/java but want c speed and efficiency then there is no > > better language > > Interesting. > i've read it and saw a few examples but am not getting it completely.. > > If i'm correct (?) than the you write vala coding which is "converted" > to c coding and than compiled? if that's the case that your actually > writing a c program but just with a easier to understand and faster to > learn syntax? >
vala is a full programming language so in the future it may have a gcc backend that produces executable code directly. It has a lot of the features of c# and java and can also be debugged via gdb for now it cross compiles into c but its a mistake to assume its just syntactic sugar! jamie _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
