This is my theory. One of the creators of Android company, which android is based on, came from an company called Danger in mountain view.
Danger made the sidekick - The applications made on the sidekick are all done in java. http://developer.danger.com/site/faq/show#q5 An natural evolution of the client side language for android based on the founders experience would be java. Tom On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Shawn Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> Again, not trying to start any arguments, just curious if >> anyone has any background on this. > > Well consider that Google AppEngine started in python and then added > java support. In some ways, the python version is more advanced. > > I don't know why java was chosen but you have to believe that python > was looked at seriously as well and for some reason ... I don't know > the exact reasoning though. > > Shawn > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- Tom Chen Software Architect GOGII, Inc [email protected] 650-468-6318 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
