Linked by David Adams on Sat 5th Jul 2008 05:03 UTC, submitted by Pfeifer
"Vala is, in some sense, a new programming language. Itâs syntax and structure leans heavily towards C#. As Jurg Billeter, the mastermind behind Vala, likes to put it; Vala is an amalgam of different C inspired languages, mostly C++ and C#. An though there is no mercury in this mixture, you'll find many a gold nugget in Vala."
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I'm amazed that nobody has asked the all too important question. Why Vala?
Just browsing through the sample code, it looks similar to C# and Java. In fact, everything I've seen done in Vala can be done with a similar line count in C#.
So that begs the question. Why design a new language when there isn't anything that sufficiently differentiates it from every other programming language in existence? OK, that veering off into the realm of hyperbole. Still, the point remains.
Why?