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It's also based on modified JVM. It still doesn't make Dalvik my operating system. Android OS can best be described as a ball of mud that evolved soup of (semi

by Ygg2 3y ago

It's also based on modified JVM. It still doesn't make Dalvik my operating system. Android OS can best be described as a ball of mud that evolved soup of (semi?-)proprietary firmware.

vetinari 3y ago
It was never JVM. Converting to dex happens on developer side, and that severs anything JVM-like.
- Ygg2 3y ago
  Nitpick that doesn't affect my argument. Argument is based on access to underlying hardware not it being JVM. Since edit window has passed: Just because it's based on JVM compatible VM, doesn't make ART/Dalvik my Operating system either.
  - croes 3y ago
    Because neither JVM nor Dalvik are OS. Android is a kind of Linux just like Dalvik is a kind of JVM.
    - Ygg2 3y ago
      Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app?
      - croes 3y ago
        In the case of JVM threading, file handling, memory management etc. is delegated down to the host real operating system.
        Ygg2 3y ago
        Same happens for Linux, power, memory and bunch of other stuff is delegated to the SoC firmware.