Re: Extreme memory usage for gnome-panel related apps

[jamie <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

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