Rust is a hard way to make a web API

Re:Rust is a hard way to make a web API by pjmlp on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:13AM (#25801328)

I guess paying for Go development resources is cheaper than having bought Sun when given the opportunity.

However, Koltin and Android depend heavily on the JVM eco-system, and Google is certainly not going to rewrite everything in Koltin/Native or start using ART outside Android.

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Re:Rust is a hard way to make a web API by kaba0 on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:41AM (#25801437)

Also, the OpenJDK is completely open source (even though it is primarily developed by Oracle employees), it’s not like there is any risk in using it. Google is sued because it created a java-copy instead of buying a license from Sun which explicitly required one for mobile devices.

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Re:Rust is a hard way to make a web API by pjmlp on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:57AM (#25801484)

And since they doubled down on their Android Java flavour, it is now a major headache to produce modern Java libraries that work on Android.

Even if you castrate yourself to Java 7, whatever works depends pretty much on the Android version.

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