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Re:Oracle seeks $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by rubber_duck on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @11:44AM (#11382299)
I agree but I don't understand how that relates to Dart (has a standalone VM of decent quality) or Mojo (IPC API language - basically abstracts stuff on a OS process level - cross language/VM/process interop being transparent)
Re:Oracle seeks $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by awinter-py on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @03:41PM (#11384275)
Both great products with great technology but neither is ubiquitous. JVM & javascript have pentrated their target audience enough that 'building on top' saves your users some installation work.