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> OK but you're straying into pedantry. You are stripping words of their meaning. There is a precise definition of what JVM means. ART isn't close to that and
by needusername 11y ago
> OK but you're straying into pedantry.
You are stripping words of their meaning. There is a precise definition of what JVM means. ART isn't close to that and doesn't try to do that. There's nothing wrong with that, just don't call it a JVM.
You can translate Java into JavaScript and run it on a JavaScript VM. This doesn't make that JavaScript VM a JVM.
Pointing out that a language isn't Java simply because it has curly braces isn't straying into pedantry. Pointing out that something isn't ice simply because it is solid isn't straying into pedantry.
- s73v3r 11y agoThey're not stripping anything of it's meaning; they're taking things to their logical conclusion. And there's really no way that you can claim the language used for Android development is not Java.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoIt's clear you don't understand how the ART VM works so why not research it instead of trying to argue how you think it works.
- s73v3r 11y agoI know how it works. Claiming that someone who disagrees with you must not know how something works doesn't exactly prove your point.
- needusername 11y ago> And there's really no way that you can claim the language used for Android development is not Java. Even if the language used for Android development is were Java that wouldn't make ART a JVM. JVM is a VM specification that is not tied to the source but the byte code. In several cases (eg. method lookup) there a significant differences between Java and JVM semantics. The language used for Android development is not Java. Again, there is a precise definition of what Java means (the language specification) and a test to verify what you have is Java (the TCK). ART/Android does not pass that test (it's not even close) and has no intention of doing so. For example Java semantics allow on the fly code generation. AFAIK ART/Android does not support this.