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Re:The strange case of virtual machines on telephones by wmf on Thursday August 26, 2010 @05:29PM (#1637218)
Actually, the compiler would output a single duodecimal-fat binary. (Analogous to quad-fat binaries from the NeXT days.)
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Re:The strange case of virtual machines on telephones by bad_user on Thursday August 26, 2010 @07:48PM (#1637550)
On a phone that has limited storage space?

And there's another thing ... with Android I'm not sure if it will run correctly on a "Samsung Galaxy S" if I've only tested my app with the Nexus One, but at least I know it will execute.

If you're reuploading an update for Samsung, it will surely not be one about binary-compatibility.

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Re:The strange case of virtual machines on telephones by blasdel on Thursday August 26, 2010 @08:30PM (#1637647)
iTunes could perform liposuction (seriously, `man 1 lipo`) on the app bundle when transferring to the device.
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Re:The strange case of virtual machines on telephones by Tichy on Friday August 27, 2010 @02:53AM (#1638190)
But how does the compiler create binaries for CPUs that don't even exist yet?
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