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How is it native if you're just replacing a JavaScript VM with a Dart VM? Or is the Dart somehow compiled to native code?

• myguysi 8y ago
  You’re right, it gets compile to native code
• tybit 8y ago
  Dart has a VM (with hot reloading) for dev time and an AOT compiler for release builds. I’d say that’s one of the most attractive things about Dart to compensate for yet another language.
  • pritambaral 8y ago
    How large and invasive is the Dart runtime though? Running in a VM and running with a runtime are only so far apart. And I'm interested in distribution package sizes too.
    • afsina 8y ago
      Here is some info: https://flutter.io/faq/#how-big-is-the-flutter-engine https://flutter.io/faq/#how-big-is-the-flutter-engine
      • gcb0 8y ago
        in summary : a minimal UI app goes from 40k of java code to 6700k of compressed dart code
        • afsina 8y ago
          Not compressed, compiled to machine code.
          • gcb0 8y ago
            why does the linked article calls ot out as "compressed" but not mention it for java bytecode?