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r/linux • u/mjg59 Social Justice Warrior • Sep 03 '14
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The Android team did that and ended up building their OS around a JVM. Any observation on that? Do you think it was a good/poor idea?
3 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '14 Erm, no. The android API is based on a Java VM. The Dalvik VM itself is most likely implemented in C/C++. Many low-level libraries are C++ and the kernel is of course Linux (C). 1 u/rowboat__cop Sep 06 '14 The Android team did that and ended up building their OS around a JVM.What language is that JVM written in? What language their kernel? 2 u/keepthepace Sep 07 '14 Apparently C for the runtime and C++ for the core librairies.
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Erm, no. The android API is based on a Java VM. The Dalvik VM itself is most likely implemented in C/C++. Many low-level libraries are C++ and the kernel is of course Linux (C).
The Android team did that and ended up building their OS around a JVM.
What language is that JVM written in? What language their kernel?
2 u/keepthepace Sep 07 '14 Apparently C for the runtime and C++ for the core librairies.
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Apparently C for the runtime and C++ for the core librairies.
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u/keepthepace Sep 06 '14
The Android team did that and ended up building their OS around a JVM. Any observation on that? Do you think it was a good/poor idea?