From reading the specs, it is some sort of low level language that is supposed to be easier to use.
I have no idea what it is useful for.
Not to tout python. But with python there is cython.
cython is a variant of python, which compiles to "C".
So you can play with pointers and all those other cool things. On the other hand u have python's memory management behind you and all of python's libaries.
OCAML is a cool language.
Speed of "C" safety of python,ruby,php etc.
Except for science community it will never get off the ground.
Biggest thing is lack of libraries.
gnome released
http://live.gnome.org/Vala and
http://live.gnome.org/Genie both same idea.
they are kind of cool, but i have no idea why u would want to use them
