Many languages support binding to C (probably more common than GObject introspection), so if it works with C, other high level OOP languages can bind to it without needing support for GObject introspection. :-) On Apr 8, 2013 10:58 AM, "Nishant Agrwal" <nishantagrwal12...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Granite is written in Vala, so I guess any gObject Introspection capable > language should be very easy to use, especially those with dynamic binding, > like Python. As far as C goes, Vala compiles to C anyway so that should be > pretty easy as well, although I don't think most people would like to use C > instead of a high level OOP language. > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Craig <webe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That brings me to a question I've had for a while--I'm not sure what goes > into creating a C binding for any language, but is it possible to create a > C binding to granite? If so, your proposal would be limited only by the > availability of granite bindings. On the other hand, though I think > Elementary development has a substantial barrier of entry, I don't know > Elementary's goals of simplicity and consistency would be especially > well-served by fragmenting the tools used. On the *other* other hand, it > could also bring a lot of developer attention to the project, albeit > Elementary's relatively small community, I think it would be difficult to > find enough people to create and maintain bindings for all of those > languages. Thoughts? > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Jakob Eriksson <ja...@aurorasystems.eu>wrote: > >> I think there should be a tutorial for writing an Elementary HID >> compliant app in all popular languages, Java, Python, C++, Go, Objective C >> and Ruby at least. >> >> Craig <webe...@gmail.com> skrev: >> >> >@Chris, Syntactically, I think Vala is a great language. I'm dying to use >> >it, in fact! However, until I can get over the nasty project-management >> >hump, I'm afraid I'm out of the loop. And don't think project management >> >features are useful only to building and distribution. How can an IDE >> know >> >which symbols are available outside of the current file (for purposes >> such >> >as code verification, autocompletion, etc) without knowing something >> about >> >what files are available to the project? Decent project management >> features >> >are an important aspect of a language (for all kinds of purposes), and >> when >> >they are missing, non-standard, or overly complex; it makes the language >> >impractical. >> > >> >@Sergey, I'm not confusing the two. As I mentioned in my response to >> Chris, >> >the two issues are linked--it's impractical to develop an application >> >without a simple, automatic project metadata management tool and Vala >> >doesn't seem to have one (I can't find _any_ information about bake >> online). >> > >> >To address your last paragraph, I don't know what the crux of the issue >> is >> >(nor what the best solution is), but useful programs haven't been single >> >files for decades; it's archaic to treat the project management concerns >> of >> >development as an afterthought when developing languages. Like you said, >> >why expose the developer to that unnecessary complexity? I have yet to >> find >> >a better paradigm than Go's for mitigating that concern. >> > >> > >> >On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Ryan Macnish <nisshh.ubu...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >> Go is brilliant, it has the best parts of c and the best parts of >> modern >> >> languages built in. >> >> On Apr 8, 2013 9:22 PM, "Craig" <webe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Happy Monday everyone, >> >>> >> >>> I wrote a brief comparison of Vala and Go (golang) that might be of >> >>> interest to some of you. Feel free to add your thoughts in the >> comments. >> >>> http://craigmatthewweber.com/2013/04/06/vala-or-go/ >> >>> >> >>> Enjoy, >> >>> Craig >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> >>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >>> >> >>> >> > >> >-- >> >Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> >Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> >Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> >More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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