The real answers: 1. Google bought Android (company) 2. Java allows execution of untrusted 3rd party code 3, maybe, Java was "mature" around the time of acquisition, python 2.4 was released and there was psyco, but that's x86 only, when Android Inc started I guess they didn't have a serious python option at all. tools like IDEs and debuggers and hoards of underpaid Java developers in the wild surely contributed too.
This topic is really not for pypy. My 2c. On 15 February 2011 03:25, holger krekel <hol...@merlinux.eu> wrote: > Hi all, > > what do you think or know why Google choose Java over Python for > its Android system? Surely, Python doesn't have a big track record > in terms of targetting mobile devices. Also CPython is limited > in how it can change and adapt i guess. I imagine PyPy could do much > better. Wouldn't it be cool to have a totally python-based > state-of-the-art phone? :) > > cheers, > holger > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev@codespeak.net > http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > _______________________________________________ pypy-dev@codespeak.net http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
