2009/6/16 NoiseEHC :
> I think you do not get what is so "special" with Android.
>
> 1. They killed the braindamaged X driver model and put the driver where it
> belongs, the kernel. Just like Windows NT and OS-X already did. Finally it
> is fast and really supports hardware acceleration! Did I men
I think you do not get what is so "special" with Android.
1. They killed the braindamaged X driver model and put the driver where
it belongs, the kernel. Just like Windows NT and OS-X already did.
Finally it is fast and really supports hardware acceleration! Did I
mention that it has redraw pr
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:33 PM, NoiseEHC wrote:
> The real deal is that Android will be pushed by all the carriers and ARM
> vendors. In my humble opinion it will be the dominant phone OS in the
> future with even more hardware support
the good thing is that android is based on the linux kernel,
2009/6/15 NoiseEHC :
>
>> There is a project doing a bit of that, http://code.google.com/p/jythonroid/
>> Jython just got a new compiler though, it should be possible to retarget it.
>>
>> Google seems to love Python, maybe they will help? Perhaps OLPC could
>> get them to at least say whether they
> There is a project doing a bit of that, http://code.google.com/p/jythonroid/
> Jython just got a new compiler though, it should be possible to retarget it.
>
> Google seems to love Python, maybe they will help? Perhaps OLPC could
> get them to at least say whether they're working on it?
>
htt
2009/6/15 NoiseEHC :
>
>> My major concern against porting to Android is that Java is a horrible
>> language, even with the nice Android libs. Google have said that they
>> will add more languages, though.
>>
>
> Yes, java sucks. IMHO it does not matter though since mostly activities
> consists of
> My major concern against porting to Android is that Java is a horrible
> language, even with the nice Android libs. Google have said that they
> will add more languages, though.
>
Yes, java sucks. IMHO it does not matter though since mostly activities
consists of <1000 lines of code.
> A mor
My major concern against porting to Android is that Java is a horrible
language, even with the nice Android libs. Google have said that they
will add more languages, though.
A more long term solution would be using PyPy, since it has
significantly lower memory usage and better optimisation prospec
> Technologically the phone and the computer are quickly converging.
> They are just coming at the problem from different points of view.
> Phones focus on power consumption and size. Netbooks focus on screen
> size and general use computing.
>
> If the new ARM technology is as good inside device
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Walter Bender wrote:
> ===Sugar Digest===
>
> 1. It seems that once per month the computer vs. phone debate
> reemerges. This time, http://edutechdebate.org/ has taken up the
> theme. Wayan Vota posed the question: Mobile Phones: Better Learning
> Tools than Comput
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