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The browser is native code, the app is compiled to native machine code. There are no virtual machines involved, except the JS VM on the browser (and this doesn'
by eudox 11y ago
The browser is native code, the app is compiled to native machine code. There are no virtual machines involved, except the JS VM on the browser (and this doesn't need JS).
So it's native at least along those lines.
- jayvanguard 11y agoThat isn't what people mean when they say native.
- nothrabannosir 11y agoRight, when people say native, they talk about connecting directly with the OS-specific UI fundamentals. An application is "native" not by virtue of its execution environment, but by virtue of the UI primitives. That's why people talk about "native look and feel".
- jakub_h 11y agoWhat people mean when they say native depends on what people you're talking about.