vala: vala (Vala Compiler for GObject) vala: vala: Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern vala: programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing vala: any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI vala: compared to applications and libraries written in C. valac, the Vala vala: compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code vala: into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system to vala: create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code. vala: vala: vala: