Yea, i'd put money on size and speed. Sucks, but i have to agree with their choice heh.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Sean Dague <sda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Esmail wrote: > > Lee Olayvar wrote: > >> To my knowledge, Java is simply faster. That, and Python is also rather > >> "big". > > > > Is it really faster? Is that a consequence of a better virtual machine? > > On a proper x86 chip, it's *a lot* faster - > > http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/fastest.php?d=ndata&calc=calculate&javasteady=on&python=on > > I suspect it's still faster on the Arm chip, but you'd have to run your > own numbers to be sure. I also suspect that the security model for java > is a bit easier to contain with multiple applications running. > > You can do a certain amount of development with ASE in python (or perl, > lua, jruby, bash). You don't get access to everything, but for small > things it is probably enough to play around with. > > -Sean > > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > > Sean Dague Mid-Hudson Valley > sda...@gmail.com Linux Users Group > http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org > > There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors > than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down. > __________________________________________________________________ > > > -- Lee Olayvar -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
