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

2009-05-05 Thread Philip Van Hoof 
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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Re: [Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

2009-05-04 Thread Hans Baier 
2009/5/4 Benjamin Solis lince2...@gmail.com:
 Hi:

 A query, why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?


http://live.gnome.org/Vala#head-76f9b12bb9c9258b22f6dd9ce2533481f9243cc9
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Re: [Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

2009-05-04 Thread William Swanson 
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Hans Baier hansfba...@googlemail.com wrote:
 A query, why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

 http://live.gnome.org/Vala#head-76f9b12bb9c9258b22f6dd9ce2533481f9243cc9

I think Benjamin is asking Where does the name Vala come from?, not
Why does Vala exist? This is a question I have had for a long time
as well. Why is Vala named Vala? I know that it doesn't matter much,
but I am still curious.

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

2009-05-04 Thread Jamie McCracken 
you would have to ask juerg but I always thought it was because it
sounds like java

On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 13:57 -0700, William Swanson wrote:
 On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Hans Baier hansfba...@googlemail.com wrote:
  A query, why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?
 
  http://live.gnome.org/Vala#head-76f9b12bb9c9258b22f6dd9ce2533481f9243cc9
 
 I think Benjamin is asking Where does the name Vala come from?, not
 Why does Vala exist? This is a question I have had for a long time
 as well. Why is Vala named Vala? I know that it doesn't matter much,
 but I am still curious.
 
 -William Swanson
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Re: [Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

2009-05-04 Thread Diego Jacobi 
Or an intentionally wrong written Bala, which means Bullet in spanish.
That would put enfasis on speed, i think.

Cheers.
Diego



2009/5/5 David Zeuthen da...@fubar.dk:
 On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 18:30 -0400, Jamie McCracken wrote:
 you would have to ask juerg but I always thought it was because it
 sounds like java

 I've always assumed it was a reference to

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vala_Mal_Doran

    David


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