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Re:How Four Native Developers Wrote an Electron App by pyrophane on Friday May 19, 2017 @12:52AM (#14373108)
I always interpret "native" to mean "without the use of an intermediary virtual machine." I assume my definition is overly simplistic, but am I incorrect?
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Re:How Four Native Developers Wrote an Electron App by flukus on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:04AM (#14373150)
Android is a bit weird because the platform is the VM that you're targeting. The same goes for Chromebooks, html and JavaScript are native there.
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