Linked by David Adams on Fri 12th Jun 2009 14:55 UTC, submitted by google_ninja
A Mono developer responds to a request for "a calm presentation of why Mono is desirable, why it is not a threat, and why it should be included in Ubuntu by default" answering the three questions individually, then attempting to address general anti-Mono sentiment.
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Member since:2006-08-15
First, nobody needs to promote Vala. The fact that you keep returning to promotion and advertisement implies you really aren't that familiar with the OSS model. As a project, it'll grow organically (just as it already has). No advertisements needed.
Also, Vala *does* have a lot of perks that make it more than just another niche language. With no additional runtime, it runs at the speed of C with a syntax like C#. It can also link directly to C code, no bindings necessary.
But hey, if you don't like it, don't use it.
Also, Vala *does* have a lot of perks that make it more than just another niche language. With no additional runtime, it runs at the speed of C with a syntax like C#. It can also link directly to C code, no bindings necessary.
But hey, if you don't like it, don't use it.
Does it have bindings to Qt4 and other stuff, I don't like GNOME and I don't like Mono.
Member since:2006-02-15
Member since:2008-12-26
Does it have bindings to Qt4 and other stuff, I don't like GNOME and I don't like Mono.
There would be no point using something like Vala with qt, since you can just use normal C++ compiler. Vala exists because C development sucks, and apparently C++ doesn't exist in the Gnome developers mental map (judging by the relative unpopularity of gtkmm).
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2005-07-06
First, nobody needs to promote Vala. The fact that you keep returning to promotion and advertisement implies you really aren't that familiar with the OSS model. As a project, it'll grow organically (just as it already has). No advertisements needed.
Also, Vala *does* have a lot of perks that make it more than just another niche language. With no additional runtime, it runs at the speed of C with a syntax like C#. It can also link directly to C code, no bindings necessary.
But hey, if you don't like it, don't use it.