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

[Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>]

On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 21:37 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote:
> Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> > Jürg has denied it, but we all know that secretly Jürg is a big fan and
> > stalker of Vala Mal Doran.
> >
> > Another reason is the French word voila. As in "Voila! That's how you do
> > it!"
> >
> > We'll never know, Jürg has so far denied any guess we made at
> > conferences and meetings.
> >
> > Which means that Vala comes from Vala Mal Doran. I mean, woah!
> >   
> My guess is from Tolkein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vala_(Middle-earth)

Dude, you just ruined the "Jürg digs Vala Mal Doran"-idea. You realize
what you've just done? All the fun we could have had at conferences? 

All gone now! 


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