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Bug 640685 - Port to Vala
Port to Vala
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-calculator
Classification: Core
Component: general
git master
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gcalctool maintainers
gcalctool maintainers
Depends on: 589569
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-01-27 03:29 UTC by Robert Ancell
Modified: 2012-10-14 03:32 UTC
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GNOME target: ---
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Description Robert Ancell 2011-01-27 03:29:29 UTC 
It would be nice to drop C for good and move to Vala...

Advantages:
 - Modern syntax will attract new developers
 - No manual management of reference counting
 - Less code means easier maintenance

We've converted most of the legacy code to GObject code so this shouldn't be too hard now.  What's blocking this right now is:
 - The parser/lexer (a big chunk of work, see 589569)
 - The MP math library (probably not too hard to fix)