Every Android application runs in its own process, with its own instance of the Dalvik virtual machine. Dalvik has been written so that a device can run multiple VMs efficiently. The Dalvik VM executes files in the Dalvik Executable (.dex) format which is optimized for minimal memory footprint - which addresses the load & resource question.
Android includes a set of C/C++ libraries used by various components of the Android system. Per http://code.google.com/android/what-is-android.html Michael Martin GAB http://www.googleandblog.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:21 PM To: Android Discuss Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Why Java? If I read the blogs right [I/O] etc. Java naturally by design limits a program's ability to mess things up. So if you want a lot of 5th party software all playing nice together on a person's telephone, Java might be a better way to do it than C with large chunks of function unexpectedly missing. What is objective C? On Jul 20, 9:27 pm, OwlHuntr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been thinking about this, why would you use java on a phone? Sure > it's easy to program and communication is simple but it makes little > sense for mobile 200 Hz processors. The java language requires a > virtual machine, that takes up resources like a mad man. Even Java on > the PC (Think Processing and such) requires a ton of system resources > to operate smoothly. C++ perform flawlessly no matter what. I'm just > curious as to why use Java and reduce performance when you can develop > apps in C++ faster and also be assured that your app will run smooth > under any condition. Also the majority of cell phones use ARM > processors anyway so C is the language of choice. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
