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Re:Show HN: Windows 98 in browser by toyg on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @08:23PM (#11163786)
Most modern smartphones run Android, which means they have a bastardized Java VM between your "native code" and actual metal... not unlike having a JS VM.

It's not that "native software" has become less efficient, but rather that it is slowly disappearing.

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Re:Show HN: Windows 98 in browser by mwcampbell on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @09:42PM (#11164168)
As of Android 5.0, the Android Runtime (ART) compiles Dex bytecode ahead of time to native code. That probably still isn't as efficient as C++ or the like, because there's still a garbage collector, and Java methods are virtual by default.
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