On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 18:40 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 18:30 -0400, Jamie McCracken wrote: > > you would have to ask juerg but I always thought it was because it > > sounds like java > > I've always assumed it was a reference to > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vala_Mal_Doran
Jürg has denied it, but we all know that secretly Jürg is a big fan and stalker of Vala Mal Doran. Another reason is the French word voila. As in "Voila! That's how you do it!" We'll never know, Jürg has so far denied any guess we made at conferences and meetings. Which means that Vala comes from Vala Mal Doran. I mean, woah! -- Philip Van Hoof, freelance software developer home: me at pvanhoof dot be gnome: pvanhoof at gnome dot org http://pvanhoof.be/blog http://codeminded.be _______________________________________________ Vala-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
