#cross-compilers

valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code. The syntax of Vala is similar to C#, modified to better fit the GObject type system. Vala supports modern language features as the following: Interfaces Properties Signals Foreach Lambda expressions Type inference for local variables Generics Non-null types Assisted memory management Exception handling Type modules (Plugins)

*That* should be an interesting talk.