On Aug 15, 2:13 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > I think that you can pretty much develop in Android with either > language you wish. The point is which language is most palatable for > developers. If Android decided to invest in a VM and use Java, this > means that they think both things are strategic. Which is obvious, > given that a VM gives lots of advantages and Java is the most popular > language in the world.
I think the choice of Dalvik VM in the Android architecture is apparent. When designing an OS/platform that will run on a myriad of potential CPUs that the various hardware vendors will be opting for, then a VM is a sure way to enable creating one application executable that can be downloaded from an app store and run on any Android device. A VM is also a way to do performance improvements after the fact of application compile/build time, and that can offer perf benefits to any application. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
