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My understanding is Android already used Java when Google acquired it.
by c22 10y ago
My understanding is Android already used Java when Google acquired it.
- toyg 10y agoYeah, but the switch to Dalvik (which is where the trouble starts) was done under Google. If they had just thrashed out an agreement with Sun (which would have been much much cheaper than dealing with Oracle will ever be...), they could have continued using the official mobile-oriented JVM, likely influencing its development as well; but first they dragged their feet and then they thought they'd just rewrite the whole thing so they could claim originality and independence, and here we are.