I was just pointing out a logical flaw in another post: The poster was defending Java and in the last part he suddenly told: C will rule Android development as soon as there is video and audio access via the NDK
Actually I agree. For: implementation, maintenance, and debugging ... Java is far better than C or C++. But, performance matters, too! Not for most Apps, but for many of the interesting ones (Games, AR-Apps, Image recoginition, ...). Anyway these kind of discussions most time lead to nowhere. There is already too much (programming) religion involved. So it's easier to just troll around. My personal opinion is this: I would prefer a complete and stable C API. => Android should be a set of stable C-APIs Java/Dalvik/.net/whatever can run on top of them. So, everybody can be happy. The Java coders, the Python coders, The C-hardcore-coders... 2010/8/13 Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Ralf Schneider <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> If Java is so great, why will the NDK(C/C++) become the language of >> choice - as soon as google provides a useable API? > > The language of choice for what? Not most app developers. Except for > certain apps, Java is going to be a far better choice for ease of > implementation, maintenance, and debugging. > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
