Re: [Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

[Jamie McCracken <jamie mccrack googlemail com>]

you would have to ask juerg but I always thought it was because it
sounds like java

On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 13:57 -0700, William Swanson wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Hans Baier <hansfbaier googlemail com> wrote:
> > > A query, why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?
> >
> > http://live.gnome.org/Vala#head-76f9b12bb9c9258b22f6dd9ce2533481f9243cc9
>
> I think Benjamin is asking "Where does the name Vala come from?", not
> "Why does Vala exist?" This is a question I have had for a long time
> as well. Why is Vala named Vala? I know that it doesn't matter much,
> but I am still curious.
>
> -William Swanson
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