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key: pl/vala
kind: plang
name: "Vala"
url: https://plangs.page/vala
---

# Vala

> Object-oriented language that generates C code using the GObject system.

Object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code and uses the GObject system.

## Facts

- Appeared: 2006
- Homepage: https://vala.dev
- GitHub: https://github.com/GNOME/vala
- Languish ranking: #137

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/paradigm/scripting)
- [Structured](https://plangs.page/paradigm/structured)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Inferred](https://plangs.page/type-system/inferred)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/type-system/object)
- [Static](https://plangs.page/type-system/static)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)
- [Structural](https://plangs.page/type-system/structural)

### Compiles To

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Influenced By

- [Boo](https://plangs.page/boo)
- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [C#](https://plangs.page/c-sharp)
- [D](https://plangs.page/d)

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Licenses

- [LGPL](https://plangs.page/license/lgpl)

### Tags

- [Application Framework](https://plangs.page/tag/framework)
- [Better-C](https://plangs.page/tag/better-c)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [GUI](https://plangs.page/tag/gui)