Please, just stop. You are arguing with a fool! On Sunday, May 11, 2014 10:30:22 PM UTC-7, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > What are you even talking about: Any JavaScript program is also going > to have threads, too. > > You seem to be making this argument: Java has multiple threads, and > that makes the programs slow. > > It sounds like all of this is coming from a completely uneducated > viewpoint on systems design, but there are a number of > issues. > > Please understand, however, that all of the issues in Java carry over > (and worse) to JavaScript, you still need multiple threads, you still > need a garbage collector. > > Please also quit citing other Java products as evidence that it has > anything to do with Android. Forget Java, android doesn't run Java. > Android runs Dalvik. Which is completely different than Java. You > can translate anything into Dalvik, people usually translate Java, > there's no reason you couldn't also translate anything else. > > Kris > > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:22 AM, 李白|字一日 <cali...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > the slow comes not just from the loading of java based apps. but the > java > > itself and the bad programming guidance, which uses too many threads and > > classes which take a lot space. and what even worse is you will > sometimes > > have to do deep inheritance. > > > > it adds extra overheads to make itself run. > > these are ignored while benchmark. > > > > i am by no means expert in languages. but it is true that java is slow > to > > what ever products made by java. > > > > eclipse, android, j2me, netbeans, idea. > > none of them are famous for their speed and memory saving. > > > > > > > > > > 2014-05-12 11:22 GMT+08:00 bjv <bjve...@gmail.com <javascript:>>: > >> > >> Ugh! You don't get it and likely never will. There are so many things > >> wrong with your assumptions/statements in all of these threads. It > really > >> isn't worth the time to debunk them all. > >> > >> But for what its worth, there is small overhead with respect to running > >> Java/Dalvik on Android. That said, it is mostly upfront. JS is an > >> interpreted language. Outside of the various ASM-JS experiments, Your > >> html5+JS likely will always be interpreted. In a broad comparison, it > will > >> almost always be slower. Your thinking that you get to share all those > JS > >> object goodies between various apps/components is in itself a cause for > >> concern. > >> > >> In an effort to remove the Dalvik overhead on Android, the Android guys > >> are now rolling out ART (a variant of llvm) that will transfer most of > that > >> overhead to installation time. At that point, Java isn't going to be > much > >> different than C++ from an execution perspective. > >> > >> > >> On Sunday, May 11, 2014 1:41:41 PM UTC-5, 李白，字一日 wrote: > >>> > >>> if it is not, why should you go native with c/c++ based ndk > programming? > >>> > >>> it is surely related to the programming language. > >>> > >>> javascript 's speed acceleration is also related to the language and > its > >>> optimization, which is almost always c/c++. > >>> > >>> i have never experienced the fast feeling of java technology both in > >>> desktop or server side. > >>> > >>> i never experienced fast feeling in android, eclipse, java ee, j2me. > am > >>> i fooled? > >>> > >>> eclipse is famous for it's slow and memory consuming, though it is the > >>> greatest ide i ever used. > >>> > >>> javascript based ide, like local compiled c9.io is very fast and > >>> responsive, thought it is not that mature. > >>> > >>> why ? ? ? > >>> > >>> and if android ui design can be written directly in html + css, it has > >>> all the flexibility css and html have now. If you know the web > technologies, > >>> you should know what i mean. > >>> > >>> it is meaningless to discuss about the languages' performance, but the > >>> trend is that javascript will play a more important role in server > side > >>> programming, hardware based programming and browser side programming. > >>> > >>> > >>> 2014-05-12 1:03 GMT+08:00 Colin M <colin...@gmail.com>: > >>> > >>>> I'll ignore the unqualified claim that the slowness of Android is due > to > >>>> Java. > >>>> > >>>> It sounds like your complaint is that you can't develop native apps > in > >>>> your preferred language and that you're using an outdated claim about > Java > >>>> to support your desire to change the current language of choice for > Android > >>>> development. > >>>> > >>>> The XML based components can all be done via code. Do you have an > >>>> example of how they are "far from flexible"? There are many > limitations, > >>>> but you are welcome to write your own custom Views to get around any > >>>> limitations. I have many of my own complaints about some of the UI > system, > >>>> but I have no reason to believe the current state of things would be > faster > >>>> or more flexible if it were in another language. That's not the > thing > >>>> limiting flexibility or causing speed issues, that's more about the > >>>> implementations. I've created and seen many fast and fluid and > complex UIs > >>>> on Android, but you sometimes have to do some real work to get them > and they > >>>> don't always drop right out of the API in your lap :) A better > argument > >>>> would be to single out issues with the UI libraries and talk about > how to > >>>> improve them. This has little-to-nothing to do with implementation > >>>> language. > >>>> > >>>> On Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:50:44 AM UTC-7, 李白，字一日 wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Java-based Android is very slow and memory consuming. > >>>>> and the XML based UI components are far from flexible. > >>>>> > >>>>> if Android sdk provides an html5 + javascript alternative, it would > >>>>> greatly improve the android app possibilities. > >>>>> > >>>>> as we have seen more and more popular apps are written by html, css > and > >>>>> javascript. > >>>>> > >>>>> i think it is a good time to provide a javascript based SDK, > >>>>> > >>>>> with a standardized Android UI framework like Twitter's bootstrap, > >>>>> every web developer can develope his app with ease. > >>>>> > >>>>> the webkit and v8 are every mature to google. > >>>>> > >>>>> why should we stille using java? which is slow and memory > consuming? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> android-d...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > >> --- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > >> Google Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-developers/4UrtNOPympc/unsubscribe. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > android-d...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Android Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
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