Re: [Vala] [OT] Removal of Mono

[Michael Torrie <torriem gmail com>]

Sam Liddicott wrote:
> Get over what? I don't understand your attitude in this response!
>
> I merely advocated keeping a weather eye open in case we could help a
> migration from mono. I don't advocate that we actually DO anything.

Who's we?  If "[we're]" not to do anything then what is the point of the
post in the first place?  I think the biggest reason for a reaction is
that your post comes across as an off-topic, non-sequitur.  I'm not sure
what anything you said has to do with Vala really, or Vala's stated
purpose.  Obviously Vala developers are savvy and follow current
affairs.  So the post brings out something of a "huh?" reaction.

Along with your off-topic post, however, I don't see Vala displacing
Mono.  Rather I hope that Vala begins to be used more and more to
develop and maintain core GTK libraries and friends (and Gnome
libraries).  I'd rather not see Mono apps become core Gnome components.
 Perhaps Vala is a better fit here as well, although I prefer python
(which would only be an advantage over mono because it's not encumbered
by MS).  As you state it's not the language that's problem (Vala is
similar to C# syntactically); it's the CLR and the virtual machine that
pose the problem with regards to bloat, patent minefields, etc.