Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:28:34 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="7Qrvczazr82YckO5XW8Vtw"; logging-data="5927"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18IbZw47Af0mCM8YTJF/FDiiYXUlL4URzQ=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:peBAH8YFcmBL3cKhx9CN3U0Y6dg= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:5031 On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:48:54 -0700, Steve Sobol wrote: >In article , Michael Wojcik says... >> >> Steve Sobol wrote: >> > >> > CPU architectures aren't really a major issue anymore. >> >> All the world's a VAX. >> >> Ah, well. More work for those of us who pay attention. >yeah, yeah, nice ad-hominem. Since you're going to be obnoxious, kindly >tell me how many different architectures are in *wide* use today? Irrelevant. The question should be how many architectures are in use for the particular app area. A widely-used architecture might not be used in a particular app area. >Sure, there'll be exceptions to the rule... but... Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko