-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 7/23/10 16:32 , robogeek wrote: > > > But... is it good thing? Android, by being incompatible with the > Java ecosystem, is increasing fragmentation in the world. This > will lead to greater entropy and the eventual heat death of the > universe. We must stop this and get Android to be compatible with > Java to decrease the entropy in the world and save humanity. Yes and no. Yes, in the sense that any initiative to defragment is good. No, because:
1. Android won't give up with Dalvik 2. Android will never implement Swing or AWT or other stuff that Google doesn't want on Android. So, it's impossible to have a "full Java" convergence of Android. Technically, the Java thing should be split in modules (such as JME) with separate TCK for each module, and Android could aim at being compatible with some modules (language + core runtime - swing etc...). Perhaps it could go in hand with the JDK 7 modularization (but I don't know if the JDK 7 modularization boundaries are such as I depicted them, i.e. if Swing is properly modularized). In any case I don't think this will ever happen for political reasons. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxJq9UACgkQeDweFqgUGxdglwCgsnIPxQlPkGKaBI36+Y6Z18Jj x8YAoJiCYi2OehBmluhGYknNNyEi75Dj =ORAr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
