[Geany-Devel] Let's use Vala

Steven Blatnick steve8track at xxxxx
Tue Nov 12 15:56:16 UTC 2013


I'm thinking vala sounds like a good idea the more I hear about it... :-)

On 11/12/2013 02:36 AM, Matthew Brush wrote:
> On 13-11-11 11:48 PM, Steven Blatnick wrote:
>> That sounds pretty good.  Is that a lot like python and gtk?  I get 
>> the impression its better since I don't think python compiles to 
>> equivolent c code?
>>
>
> If by "better" you mean faster, leaner, and more compatible with 
> existing C code, yep. It literally outputs (fairly) readable 
> GObject/GTK-style C code just like you'd write by hand. With Python 
> not only is it not easily callable from C code, but it's interpreted, 
> and I think the PyGObject/Introspection stuff makes it go through 
> another layer of foreign function interface stuff (libffi I guess) to 
> actually call the GObject C code rather than directly through a 
> CPython extension (could be mistaken on this).
>
> You might like an intro like this video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6QrGmA_RR4E#t=2214 
>
>
> Cheers,
> Matthew Brush
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