Afaik that should be no problem, as the crux of Vala is that it actually is just c. Vala gets compiled to c first, and then gets compiled using gcc for example. So of course c should be able to use vala libraries.
Met vriendelijke groet, Jaap Broekhuizen Aquamarijnstraat 273 9743 PG Groningen jaap.broekhuizen.nu jaap...@gmail.com 06 - 39 81 36 97 On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Craig <webe...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> > -- > 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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