On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 16:41 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote: > I've trimmed my response after reading Aaron Andersen's post, who > expressed very neatly the issues at stake. > > I'm clarifying on-topic as I seem to have given Michael the wrong > impression on a topic that is more politically charged than i realised. > > * Michael B. Trausch wrote, On 26/06/09 16:03: > > Last message on-list on this topic, because *this topic does not > > belong here*. > I was talking about influencing the development of the vala language > which does belong here. > > > > > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Sam Liddicott wrote: > > > >> * Michael B. Trausch wrote, On 26/06/09 13:54: > >> > > > > While Mono may be in the back of many people's minds (whether > > correctly or not) is irrelevant. This list's only topic is Vala. Mono > > does not relate directly to Vala, and C# only does in that Vala is > > "C#-like" and potentially in the discussions of adopting certain > > semantics or grammar from C#. > > That's what I'm taking about! > > There may be aspects of C# (particularly relating to interfaces) or > other aspects which vala could unofficially make room for to aid a > migration of C# programs if the political move from mono increases. > THAT'S what I'm talking about. > > >> There is enough long-term noise about the removal of mono, and any > >> action on this could result in an increased usage of vala. Where's the > >> harm in being prepared for this? > > > > That makes no sense, unless you assume that Vala is only "prepared" > > for a userbase of nil. > > The issue being raised is not whether or not Vala is prepared for any > size of user base, but that we might become aware of what degree it is > worth making vala "prepared" for a load of C# users with existing code, > and what that preparation might be, and what preparation would be > acceptable within the direction that the vala language is developing. > The answer may be "none" but I don't want to presume that.
... > > Sam It isn't. Documentation is lacking for anyone who is not already familiar with GObject...and possibly for many that are. (Not being familiar with it, I can't really say.) Vala looks like a very nice language, but it's too undocumented to be able to really give a decent test to. This is a pity, because I really wanted to test it on a project I was working starting. Instead I'm using D (Digital Mars D, not any of the others), which is working quite well. But Vala would have been preferable because of easier linkage with C libraries.
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