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I find "30. John Gage" interesting in that he was Chief Scientist at Sun. I always thought that Google's Dalvik was a hack around Sun's business model for Java,
by musesum 12y ago
I find "30. John Gage" interesting in that he was Chief Scientist at Sun. I always thought that Google's Dalvik was a hack around Sun's business model for Java, in bypassing the need to license JVM. The fact that John Gage signed the brief seems to imply that he considers Google's hack to be less ominous than Oracle's attempt to change the game.
- wmf 12y agoThe Java class/jar file formats are inherently slow and Dalvik's dex code fixes that problem. I don't think the licensing hack would have worked since you can't escape patents by making syntax changes.
- toyg 12y agoWell, that is what the courts are discussing at the moment. It may or may not work, but the origins of Dalvik as a "licensing hack" are well-known.