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Android—Why Dalvik?

Started byLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
First post2011-05-29 12:48 +1200
Last post2011-06-02 03:43 -0700
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  Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-29 12:48 +1200
    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-28 21:28 -0700
      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-29 16:56 +1200
        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-28 23:17 -0700
          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-29 09:32 -0400
            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 09:55 -0700
              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 12:45 +1200
                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 19:49 -0700
                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 16:21 +1200
                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 22:37 -0700
                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 19:12 +1200
                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 01:03 -0700
                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 22:13 +1200
                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 03:58 -0700
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 23:20 +1200
          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-29 19:52 -0700
            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 16:20 +1200
              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-30 01:14 -0400
          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-30 00:33 -0700
            Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 19:54 +1200
              Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 03:26 -0700
                Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-30 11:24 -0700
                  Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 13:09 -0700
                    Re: Android?Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-30 13:43 -0700
                      Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 15:55 -0700
                        Re: Android?Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-30 16:32 -0700
                          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 18:10 -0700
                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-31 13:56 +1200
                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-05-31 11:10 -0400
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 07:13 +1200
                                Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-31 12:43 -0700
                                  Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 08:00 +1200
                                    Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-31 13:33 -0700
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 09:29 +1200
                                        Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-31 17:13 -0700
                                      Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-31 22:03 +0000
                                        Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-31 16:08 -0700
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-31 21:09 +0000
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 09:27 +1200
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-31 22:25 +0000
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-31 15:20 -0700
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-31 12:11 -0700
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 07:59 +1200
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-31 15:01 -0700
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 15:05 +1200
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-01 00:58 -0400
                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-01 03:21 -0700
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 09:40 -0400
                                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 12:17 -0700
                                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 17:06 -0400
                                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 16:04 -0700
                                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-07 11:42 -0400
                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-02 11:54 +1200
                                          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-01 17:43 -0700
                                            Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-01 17:43 -0700
                                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-03 15:08 +1200
                                              Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-02 20:50 -0700
                                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-03 17:34 +1200
                                                  Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-02 23:20 -0700
                                                    Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-03 18:43 +1200
                                                      Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-03 08:27 -0700
                                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-04 16:02 +1200
                                                          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-03 22:24 -0700
                                                            Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-06 13:29 -0700
                                                              Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-06 14:15 -0700
                                                                Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-07 13:59 -0700
                                                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-08 12:55 +1200
                                                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-08 06:18 -0300
                                                                      Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-08 07:06 -0700
                                                                        Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-08 10:25 -0400
                                                                          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-08 10:56 -0700
                                                                            Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-08 14:11 -0700
                                                                          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-08 14:09 -0700
                                            Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 09:46 -0400
                                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-04 16:08 +1200
                                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-04 02:40 -0400
                                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-05 15:46 +1200
                                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-06 13:26 -0700
                                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-07 10:23 +1200
                                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-07 13:55 -0700
                                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-08 12:55 +1200
                                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "H.J. Sander Bruggink" <sander.bruggink@uni-due.de> - 2011-06-06 11:21 +0200
                                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-07 13:40 +1200
                                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "H.J. Sander Bruggink" <sander.bruggink@uni-due.de> - 2011-06-07 10:16 +0200
                                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-07 01:30 -0700
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2011-06-02 10:35 +0100
                                            Re: Android�Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-02 03:32 -0700
                                              Re: Android�Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-02 11:07 -0400
                                                Re: Android�Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-02 10:07 -0700
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 09:38 -0400
                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-04 12:21 +1200
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-07 11:48 -0400
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 09:31 -0400
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 12:45 -0700
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 17:14 -0400
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-04 12:23 +1200
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 19:01 -0700
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-07 11:59 -0400
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-04 02:44 -0400
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-05 11:11 +1200
                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-08 10:10 -0400
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-08 20:38 -0300
                                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-08 17:28 -0700
                                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-08 23:41 -0300
                                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-11 13:38 -0400
                                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-12 16:59 -0300
                                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-15 14:01 -0400
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-08 22:46 -0700
                                          Re: Android---Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-11 13:39 -0400
                        Re: Android?Why Dalvik? David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2011-06-03 22:38 -0400
                          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 22:12 -0700
                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-31 13:54 +1200
                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-31 14:25 +0000
                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 08:02 +1200
                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-31 14:26 -0700
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 11:33 +1200
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-31 19:43 -0700
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-01 15:03 +1200
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-31 20:15 -0700
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-01 01:04 -0400
                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-01 03:30 -0700
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 10:05 -0400
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-03 11:16 -0400
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 17:36 -0400
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-04 12:14 +1200
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-04 02:47 -0400
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-05 15:40 +1200
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-07 12:09 -0400
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-09 07:55 -0300
                                        Re: Swing versus Windows.Forms Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-12 17:11 -0300
                                      Re: Android---Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-11 13:43 -0400
                                        Re: Android---Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-11 14:57 -0700
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 13:05 -0700
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-04 12:13 +1200
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-03 21:52 -0300
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-04 02:52 -0400
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-05 15:45 +1200
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-05 01:04 -0300
                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-06 18:52 +1200
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-06-06 01:35 -0700
                                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-06 23:05 +1200
                                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-06-06 06:32 -0700
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-06 11:19 -0400
                                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-07 10:21 +1200
                                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-08 10:30 -0400
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-07 06:53 -0300
                                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-08 10:37 -0400
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-07 12:26 -0400
                    Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-30 19:12 -0700
                      Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 21:58 -0700
                      Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-03 17:42 -0400
                        Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-03 18:48 -0700
                          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-06 13:28 -0700
                          Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-08 10:51 -0400
                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-04 12:10 +1200
                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 18:47 -0700
                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-04 16:00 +1200
                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 22:01 -0700
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Abu Yahya <abu_yahya@invalid.com> - 2011-06-05 23:28 +0530
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-05 12:15 -0700
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Abu Yahya <abu_yahya@invalid.com> - 2011-06-06 06:25 +0530
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-06 01:45 -0700
                                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Abu Yahya <abu_yahya@invalid.com> - 2011-06-08 21:46 +0530
                                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-08 12:08 -0700
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-06 13:16 -0700
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-06 13:32 -0700
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Tobias Blass <tobiasblass@gmx.net> - 2011-06-05 20:08 +0000
                                  Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-06-05 14:55 -0700
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-05 14:53 -0700
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-06 18:50 +1200
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Abu Yahya <abu_yahya@invalid.com> - 2011-06-11 23:56 +0530
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-06 13:14 -0700
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-06 13:38 -0700
                                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-06-07 13:34 +0000
                                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-06-07 13:56 +0000
                                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-06-07 16:47 +0000
                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-31 13:53 +1200
                    Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-30 19:14 -0700
                      Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 22:26 -0700
                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-31 18:45 +1200
                Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-05-30 15:25 -0400
                  Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 12:46 -0700
                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-31 11:50 +1200
                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-05-30 20:16 -0400
                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-31 13:50 +1200
              Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-30 11:22 -0700
      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 09:35 -0700
        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 12:44 +1200
          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 19:38 -0700
            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 17:26 +1200
              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-30 00:04 -0700
                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 19:11 +1200
                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-30 00:30 -0700
                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 19:53 +1200
                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-30 01:28 -0700
                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 22:12 +1200
                    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 02:35 -0700
                      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-30 11:26 -0400
                        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 13:17 -0700
                          Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-31 11:48 +1200
                            Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 17:16 -0700
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-31 13:48 +1200
                              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? David Segall <david@address.invalid> - 2011-06-01 00:54 +1000
                                Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-31 08:05 -0700
                                  Re: Android?Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-31 11:41 -0700
              Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 01:57 -0700
                Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-30 22:30 +1200
                  Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 13:23 -0700
    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2011-05-31 09:42 +0100
    Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michal Kleczek <kleku75@gmail.com> - 2011-06-02 09:17 +0200
      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Michal Kleczek <kleku75@gmail.com> - 2011-06-02 09:21 +0200
      Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-06-02 19:34 +1200
        Re: Android—Why Dalvik? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-02 03:43 -0700

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#4691 — Android—Why Dalvik?

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-29 12:48 +1200
SubjectAndroid—Why Dalvik?
Message-ID<irs55g$acb$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>
The Android Builders Summit
<http://free-electrons.com/blog/abs-2011-videos/> 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.

Dalvik is purpose-built from the ground up; its .dex code is, even 
uncompressed, slightly smaller than a compressed .jar file. This simplifies 
class loading—a .apk file can be opened and mmap’d, and the code is ready 
for execution. (This is why zipalign is so important when building an 
Android app.)

Dalvik is also register-based, not stack based, for higher performance.

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#4693 — Re: Android—Why Dalvik?

FromRoedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Date2011-05-28 21:28 -0700
SubjectRe: Android—Why Dalvik?
Message-ID<aki3u65e031f0n41s9696v7c223npiu4ru@4ax.com>
In reply to#4691
On Sun, 29 May 2011 12:48:48 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>
>Dalvik is also register-based, not stack based, for higher performance.

I'll make some guesses.

Dalvik was designed solely for a family of CPUs with similar RAM.
Oracle Java wanted to run everywhere.

With Oracle Java, the licence forces users to provide the full
enchilada.  I suspect with Dalvik they were able to prune it back just
to what they needed.

They are doing the old IBM lockin game. They don't want Android apps
running elsewhere or being easily ported there.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
How long did it take after the car was invented before owners understood 
cars would not work unless you regularly changed the oil and the tires?
We have gone 33 years and still it is rare to uncover a user who 
understands computers don't work without regular backups.

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#4694

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-29 16:56 +1200
Message-ID<irsjma$ig8$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>
In reply to#4693
In message <aki3u65e031f0n41s9696v7c223npiu4ru@4ax.com>, Roedy Green wrote:

> They are doing the old IBM lockin game. They don't want Android apps
> running elsewhere or being easily ported there.

Android is already running on a bewildering variety of devices—e-book 
readers, game console, media players, TVs, smartphones and tablets (of 
course)—even a washing machine. There have been a number of devices that 
dual-boot between Android and Windows; there is even a company looking at 
implementing it as a stack running directly on top of Windows (good luck to 
them).

There is no “lockin” anywhere. Android is being so wildly successful 
precisely because it is so open and flexible. Google may not be keen on all 
the things being done with it, but the beauty of it is it’s not their 
decision.

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#4695

From"Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
Date2011-05-28 23:17 -0700
Message-ID<irsodu$jp7$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#4694
On 5/28/2011 9:56 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<aki3u65e031f0n41s9696v7c223npiu4ru@4ax.com>, Roedy Green wrote:
>
>> They are doing the old IBM lockin game. They don't want Android apps
>> running elsewhere or being easily ported there.
>
> Android is already running on a bewildering variety of devices—e-book
> readers, game console, media players, TVs, smartphones and tablets (of
> course)—even a washing machine. There have been a number of devices that
> dual-boot between Android and Windows; there is even a company looking at
> implementing it as a stack running directly on top of Windows (good luck to
> them).
>
> There is no “lockin” anywhere. Android is being so wildly successful
> precisely because it is so open and flexible. Google may not be keen on all
> the things being done with it, but the beauty of it is it’s not their
> decision.

Hello;

I do not know anything about Andriod version of Java. But if one
writes an Andriod application, can one take the Java source code
and compile it with Java (the standard Java) and run it on say
window 7 or linux or the mac?

thanks
--Nasser

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#4698

FromLew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Date2011-05-29 09:32 -0400
Message-ID<irthto$gmk$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#4695
Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> I do not know anything about Andriod [sic] version of Java. But if one
> writes an Andriod [sic] application, can one take the Java source code
> and compile it with Java (the standard Java) and run it on say
> window 7 or linux [sic] or the mac [sic]?

Not unless one has the API ported to the other platforms.  Even during 
compilation Java requires that class references be satisfied, and of course 
those libraries must be present to run the code.

Side note (that doesn't affect your question, really): there is more than one 
"standard" Java.  One assumes you mean Java SE, and further, a current version 
thereof.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg

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#4700

FromBGB <cr88192@hotmail.com>
Date2011-05-29 09:55 -0700
Message-ID<irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#4698
On 5/29/2011 6:32 AM, Lew wrote:
> Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>> I do not know anything about Andriod [sic] version of Java. But if one
>> writes an Andriod [sic] application, can one take the Java source code
>> and compile it with Java (the standard Java) and run it on say
>> window 7 or linux [sic] or the mac [sic]?
>
> Not unless one has the API ported to the other platforms. Even during
> compilation Java requires that class references be satisfied, and of
> course those libraries must be present to run the code.
>
> Side note (that doesn't affect your question, really): there is more
> than one "standard" Java. One assumes you mean Java SE, and further, a
> current version thereof.
>

yep, there is always J2ME, and then one can define anything beyond this 
as "extensions"...

granted, a "Java" which is basically just J2ME with everything else done 
via proprietary APIs wouldn't likely appeal to most expecting Java SE 
style functionality, even keeping the trademark intact.


"well, it has the Java 1.1 core language, and the packages java.lang and 
parts of java.io and java.util..."

potential developer: "but what about AWT and Swing and these other APIs 
I might want to use?"
response: "well, for these things you use our vastly improved 
foo.gui.manager (it has Pointy/Clicky TM) and other custom APIs...".

at this point it would likely start to look a bit like someone trying 
simply to use the Java trademark as a selling point.


or such...

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#4705

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-30 12:45 +1200
Message-ID<irupc4$qki$2@lust.ihug.co.nz>
In reply to#4700
In message <irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:

> ... there is always J2ME ...

Which is unsuited to modern ultramobile devices, as pointed out earlier.

> potential developer: "but what about AWT and Swing and these other APIs
> I might want to use?"
> response: "well, for these things you use our vastly improved
> foo.gui.manager (it has Pointy/Clicky TM) and other custom APIs...".
> 
> at this point it would likely start to look a bit like someone trying
> simply to use the Java trademark as a selling point.

Which Google has been careful to avoid.

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#4708

FromBGB <cr88192@hotmail.com>
Date2011-05-29 19:49 -0700
Message-ID<irv0op$kde$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#4705
On 5/29/2011 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>
>> ... there is always J2ME ...
>
> Which is unsuited to modern ultramobile devices, as pointed out earlier.
>

well, it can be used as a starting point, as generally people implement 
the core VM and libraries, and anything after this is presumably 
whatever they want to put in there...

so, it is basically like J2SE but without the requirement to implement 
piles of classes which may / may not be applicable to the target.


but, if one just uses J2ME by itself, or is trying to write portable 
apps targeting it, it is not so nice, as it doesn't ensure all the usual 
standard features...

much like if one were trying to target a system which only had the C89 
standard library and maybe a few OS-specific libraries and nothing else...


>> potential developer: "but what about AWT and Swing and these other APIs
>> I might want to use?"
>> response: "well, for these things you use our vastly improved
>> foo.gui.manager (it has Pointy/Clicky TM) and other custom APIs...".
>>
>> at this point it would likely start to look a bit like someone trying
>> simply to use the Java trademark as a selling point.
>
> Which Google has been careful to avoid.


yep, probably fair enough...

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#4711

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-30 16:21 +1200
Message-ID<irv612$23f$2@lust.ihug.co.nz>
In reply to#4708
In message <irv0op$kde$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:

> On 5/29/2011 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message<irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>
>>> ... there is always J2ME ...
>>
>> Which is unsuited to modern ultramobile devices, as pointed out earlier.
> 
> well, it can be used as a starting point ...

I don’t think Oracle’s licence allows you to use its code as a “starting 
point”.

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#4718

FromBGB <cr88192@hotmail.com>
Date2011-05-29 22:37 -0700
Message-ID<irvak5$lnt$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#4711
On 5/29/2011 9:21 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<irv0op$kde$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>
>> On 5/29/2011 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> In message<irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... there is always J2ME ...
>>>
>>> Which is unsuited to modern ultramobile devices, as pointed out earlier.
>>
>> well, it can be used as a starting point ...
>
> I don’t think Oracle’s licence allows you to use its code as a “starting
> point”.
>

no, not using code, but using its spec, and writing something according 
to the spec...


for example, one can write their own version of the JVM, with their own 
class libraries, and their own version of the compiler, ...

whether or not this is more or less effort than designing a language and 
VM clean is a matter of debate though, as there are merits and drawbacks 
either way.

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#4722

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-30 19:12 +1200
Message-ID<irvg10$7mj$2@lust.ihug.co.nz>
In reply to#4718
In message <irvak5$lnt$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:

> On 5/29/2011 9:21 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message<irv0op$kde$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/29/2011 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> In message<irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ... there is always J2ME ...
>>>>
>>>> Which is unsuited to modern ultramobile devices, as pointed out
>>>> earlier.
>>>
>>> well, it can be used as a starting point ...
>>
>> I don’t think Oracle’s licence allows you to use its code as a “starting
>> point”.
>>
> no, not using code, but using its spec, and writing something according
> to the spec...

But the J2ME spec is unsuited to ultramobile devices, as pointed out 
earlier.

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#4727

FromBGB <cr88192@hotmail.com>
Date2011-05-30 01:03 -0700
Message-ID<irvj6c$774$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#4722
On 5/30/2011 12:12 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<irvak5$lnt$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>
>> On 5/29/2011 9:21 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> In message<irv0op$kde$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/29/2011 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In message<irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> ... there is always J2ME ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Which is unsuited to modern ultramobile devices, as pointed out
>>>>> earlier.
>>>>
>>>> well, it can be used as a starting point ...
>>>
>>> I don’t think Oracle’s licence allows you to use its code as a “starting
>>> point”.
>>>
>> no, not using code, but using its spec, and writing something according
>> to the spec...
>
> But the J2ME spec is unsuited to ultramobile devices, as pointed out
> earlier.

if you say it is "unsuitable" then it is sort of expected to say in 
which ways it is unsuitable...

J2ME was designed for cell-phones and embedded devices. its likely main 
drawback now, is that it would (just by itself) lack many of the J2SE 
features.

but, that is why it would be a "starting point". one can add any 
features if they are needed...

given J2ME is mostly a subset of J2SE, and so if J2ME wont work (due to 
overhead or similar), J2SE sure-as-hell wont work.


one can still implement a good portion of J2SE as well if they want, 
only the spec does not require them to do so, whereas J2SE conformance 
would require providing an implementation for pretty much the entire 
class library.

Android mostly implemented much of the J2SE featureset, rather than the 
J2ME featureset, which is part of what caused controversy.


or, one can do like with Dalvik, and use a different bytecode or 
similar, if they really want (although this does add the issue of either 
needing to provide a custom compiler, or trans-compiling JBC to the 
custom bytecode prior to distribution...). less effort though is to 
stick with the standard bytecode though unless there is some strong 
reason to do otherwise...

and, as for JBC (and the ".class" file format, ...) there are other 
specs for this.


provided one doesn't do something which directly violates a spec, all is 
well and good...

anything which works, works...

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#4732

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-30 22:13 +1200
Message-ID<irvqkd$dtn$2@lust.ihug.co.nz>
In reply to#4727
In message <irvj6c$774$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:

> On 5/30/2011 12:12 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message<irvak5$lnt$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/29/2011 9:21 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> In message<irv0op$kde$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/29/2011 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In message<irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ... there is always J2ME ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which is unsuited to modern ultramobile devices, as pointed out
>>>>>> earlier.
>>>>>
>>>>> well, it can be used as a starting point ...
>>>>
>>>> I don’t think Oracle’s licence allows you to use its code as a
>>>> “starting point”.
>>>>
>>> no, not using code, but using its spec, and writing something according
>>> to the spec...
>>
>> But the J2ME spec is unsuited to ultramobile devices, as pointed out
>> earlier.
> 
> if you say it is "unsuitable" then it is sort of expected to say in
> which ways it is unsuitable...

Already done. See the posting that started this thread.

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#4736

FromBGB <cr88192@hotmail.com>
Date2011-05-30 03:58 -0700
Message-ID<irvtet$t5f$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#4732
On 5/30/2011 3:13 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<irvj6c$774$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>
>> On 5/30/2011 12:12 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> In message<irvak5$lnt$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/29/2011 9:21 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In message<irv0op$kde$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/29/2011 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In message<irtu02$bso$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ... there is always J2ME ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which is unsuited to modern ultramobile devices, as pointed out
>>>>>>> earlier.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> well, it can be used as a starting point ...
>>>>>
>>>>> I don’t think Oracle’s licence allows you to use its code as a
>>>>> “starting point”.
>>>>>
>>>> no, not using code, but using its spec, and writing something according
>>>> to the spec...
>>>
>>> But the J2ME spec is unsuited to ultramobile devices, as pointed out
>>> earlier.
>>
>> if you say it is "unsuitable" then it is sort of expected to say in
>> which ways it is unsuitable...
>
> Already done. See the posting that started this thread.
>

I looked, and these are not solid answers, in that no real basis is 
given apart from plain assertions, and would if-anything, be taken as an 
argument against some particular implementation, rather than against the 
spec that exists (the spec for what the spec says), which is essentially 
just an API reference for a list of classes which would need to be 
provided by *an* implementation...

so, it doesn't hold water...

especially when, in this instance, it is typical that each implementer 
provides their own implementation, in which case, none of those original 
issues hold, as none are, in-fact, mandated by the spec.


one can infact assert Android to be a J2ME superset... because it 
happens to implement these classes...

yes... it really does have the likes of the "java.lang", "java.io", and 
"java.util" packages, and a good deal more as well...

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#4737

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-30 23:20 +1200
Message-ID<irvuhj$fv1$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>
In reply to#4736
In message <irvtet$t5f$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:

> On 5/30/2011 3:13 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message<irvj6c$774$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>
>>> if you say [J2ME] is "unsuitable" then it is sort of expected to say in
>>> which ways it is unsuitable...
>>
>> Already done. See the posting that started this thread.
> 
> I looked, and these are not solid answers, in that no real basis is
> given apart from plain assertions ...

“Too expensive” — seems pretty straightforward to me. It’s either right or 
wrong; to settle it, just let us know what the licensing cost for J2ME is.

“Everything runs in one VM => lousy security” — that’s pretty obvious, too. 
If it isn’t clear to you, might I point out that, under Android, every app 
runs under its own user ID? So you get the standard user privilege 
separations provided by the Linux kernel.

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#4709 — Re: Android—Why Dalvik?

FromRoedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Date2011-05-29 19:52 -0700
SubjectRe: Android—Why Dalvik?
Message-ID<hg16u61tr4spfqhaqqgmkhrf35m9ue830p@4ax.com>
In reply to#4695
On Sat, 28 May 2011 23:17:31 -0700, "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>I do not know anything about Andriod version of Java. But if one
>writes an Andriod application, can one take the Java source code
>and compile it with Java (the standard Java) and run it on say
>window 7 or linux or the mac?

The big problem is the UI is quite different.  Android does not
support anything that looks like AWT or Swing.
I would imagine somebody eventually ports the Android UI to standard
java so you can run Android apps there. Going the other way would be
difficult since there is only 1 GB of RAM to play with.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
How long did it take after the car was invented before owners understood 
cars would not work unless you regularly changed the oil and the tires?
We have gone 33 years and still it is rare to uncover a user who 
understands computers don't work without regular backups.

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#4710

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-30 16:20 +1200
Message-ID<irv5uo$23f$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>
In reply to#4709
In message <hg16u61tr4spfqhaqqgmkhrf35m9ue830p@4ax.com>, Roedy Green wrote:

> The big problem is the UI is quite different.

There being reasons for that.

> I would imagine somebody eventually ports the Android UI to standard
> java so you can run Android apps there.

And what would that achieve? What platform would ship with this “standard 
Java”?

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#4714

FromLew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Date2011-05-30 01:14 -0400
Message-ID<irv93d$is4$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#4710
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> Roedy Green wrote:
>> The big problem is the UI is quite different.

> There being reasons for that.

What are they, Lawrence?  Do you know?

>> I would imagine somebody eventually ports the Android UI to standard
>> java [sic] so you can run Android apps there.

> And what would that achieve? What platform would ship with this “standard
> Java”?

Any platform that ships with standard Java.  I think Linux would be a likely 
candidate, as it's what Darvik runs on already.

Google already has put out such a port.  I've been running Darvik or something 
much like it to which the Android libraries have already been ported, by 
Google or someone with Google's cooperation, on my desktop Ubuntu box for some 
time now.  I downloaded it from Google.

Does that answer your question - - - - - Lawrence?

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg

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#4724 — Re: Android?Why Dalvik?

FromSteve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
Date2011-05-30 00:33 -0700
SubjectRe: Android?Why Dalvik?
Message-ID<MPG.284ce826ee59e4e9989769@news.justthe.net>
In reply to#4695
In article <irsodu$jp7$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Nasser M. Abbasi says...


> Hello;
> 
> I do not know anything about Andriod version of Java. But if one
> writes an Andriod application, can one take the Java source code
> and compile it with Java (the standard Java) and run it on say
> window 7 or linux or the mac?

You write Android apps in Java (with the exception of some low-level 
code which is written in C; I understand that's mostly done for games). 

The code that manages the UI, file and USB I/O, and other stuff is 
different. 

But if you already know Java, you've got a good headstart towards 
learning how to develope Android apps.

That said, no, you can't run Android apps on anything other than an 
emulator or a device that actually runs Android. 

-- 
Steve Sobol - Programming/WebDev/IT Support
sjsobol@JustThe.net

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#4726 — Re: Android?Why Dalvik?

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Date2011-05-30 19:54 +1200
SubjectRe: Android?Why Dalvik?
Message-ID<irvift$98d$2@lust.ihug.co.nz>
In reply to#4724
In message <MPG.284ce826ee59e4e9989769@news.justthe.net>, Steve Sobol wrote:

> You write Android apps in Java (with the exception of some low-level
> code which is written in C; I understand that's mostly done for games).

I see a lot of portable software also done in C. For example, the Python and 
other interpreters used in the Scripting Layer for Android 
<http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/> are largely unchanged C code 
from their versions on other platforms.

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