Re:Python for Android
by wes-exp on Thursday August 08, 2013 @05:54PM
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I so wish that Google had opted for native code on Android, and a native toolchain SDK
100X this. Android's platform APIs are now trapped in Javaland. That is just totally inexcusable.
I sort of imagine the decision to use Java was a conservative one. "No one gets fired for choosing Java". But they forgot the memo that Java is for applications, not systems programming.
Microsoft seemed to be going down the same road some years ago with .Net, only to back out and realize the same thing. Now it's back on C++.
100X this. Android's platform APIs are now trapped in Javaland. That is just totally inexcusable.
I sort of imagine the decision to use Java was a conservative one. "No one gets fired for choosing Java". But they forgot the memo that Java is for applications, not systems programming.
Microsoft seemed to be going down the same road some years ago with .Net, only to back out and realize the same thing. Now it's back on C++.