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Re:Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters by perfmode on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @01:46PM (#13698215)
In my opinion, Android's code organization is a result of questionable architectural constraints applied early in the development of the platform.
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Re:Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters by JangoSteve on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @02:14PM (#13698636)
Isn't that exactly the point roguecoder made?

> I have had catastrophic failures caused by premature optimization, because locking a tool into a fancy algorithm before you know where the actual bottleneck is is a recipe for disaster.

EDIT: Or, are you saying that it was from the decisions made before Google acquired Android?

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