Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.nask.pl!news.nask.org.pl!news.cyf-kr.edu.pl!agh.edu.pl!news.agh.edu.pl!news.onet.pl!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michal Kleczek Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcm9pZOKAlFdoeQ==?= Dalvik? Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:21:25 +0200 Organization: http://onet.pl Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 77-253-101-161.adsl.inetia.pl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: news.onet.pl 1306999285 27713 77.253.101.161 (2 Jun 2011 07:21:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: niusy@onet.pl NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 07:21:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.9 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4879 Michal Kleczek wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> The Android Builders Summit >> had some interesting >> presentations, in particular Karim Yaghmour’s delving into the internals >> of Android, and Aleksander Gargenta’s “A Walk Through The Android Stack”. >> >> From 48:00 onwards, Gargenta explains why Android uses the Dalvik VM >> instead of the Java VM. >> >> * Why not Java SE? Too bloated, not suitable for low-power applications. >> * Why not Java ME? Too expensive, everything runs in one VM => lousy >> security. And you don’t get the necessary hardware access. > > There is also something called Java SE Embedded. Together with LWUIT it > could be a great platform for mobile devices. Or - better yet - JavaFX. BTW - long awaited JavaFX 2.0 Beta is available: http://javafx.com/downloads/all.jsp -- Michal