Agreed. This isn't really a function of having too many layers involved though, Dalvik here is just bootstrapping and then gets out of the way. Additionally, h

Agreed. This isn't really a function of having too many layers involved though, Dalvik here is just bootstrapping and then gets out of the way. Additionally, having dealt with memory issues on Android (particularly on 2.3 & below), Dalvik doesn't set the bar very high for an alternative runtime to be competitive in memory management.