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> Java is popular, featureful (have fun allocating memory with objective-c while working on iOS apps!) and fast. More importantly, it's the most popular VM to
by technomancy 16y ago
> Java is popular, featureful (have fun allocating memory with objective-c while working on iOS apps!) and fast.
More importantly, it's the most popular VM to target for new language implementations. You can use Rhino, Python, Lua, Scala, Scheme, Clojure, Fantom, Frink, and others on it.
- jacoblyles 16y agoWith a substantial speed penalty on Dalvik.
- technomancy 16y agoTrue in cases where code relies on Hotspot's server JIT and GC, but the fidelity of the JVM->Dalvik bytecode conversion is remarkable.