> > Cool. What I find fun are the various sentences such as "replacing Java > with C# where more performance is needed": > > 1. Interesting to know that Java runs on Android :-) at the same moment > Google is denying it. >
Miguel demonstrates in other places in the text that he is fully aware of the differences between the JVM (Hotspot) and Android (Dalvik), so I think you should read the sentence as a reference to design decisions taken by Sun when writing the JLS (he mentions value structs, P/Invoke, reified generics). > 2. Suits apart, performance on Android is related to _Dalvik_, not _Java_. > True, but given the fact that we don't have a relevant modern smartphone platform with the JVM, that exercise becomes rather theoretical. > Also, I don't see the legal advantage of moving to the risk of being > suited by Oracle to the risk of being suited by Microsoft. It's true that > > C# is an open specification, but patents remains always a sword of > Damocles, and "promises" by corporates make me laugh... On the other hand, what are we to do, sit on our hands and not try things because we might get hurt in the process? I've heard Miguel described as optimistically naive and he has made some enemies from his convictions. In any event, at the moment Oracle seems worse than Microsoft. Promises aside, patents can be worked around, API "copyright" (if Oracle should succeed their stunt) can not. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/Ydjtnxl0XUwJ. 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.
