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Re:Bitcode (iOS, watchOS) by Sanddancer on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @03:44AM (#9684520)
My thought is more that they are going the Android route of using an intermediary bytecode, to get both platform independence, but on-device compilation for performance. If they can push hardware that will automatically run faster, that makes it all that much easier to sell new product.
Re:Bitcode (iOS, watchOS) by m_mueller on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @05:42AM (#9684847)
Yes, I didn't mean Apple is going the MS route from a technical point of view, just the timing of their platform independence efforts leads me to believe that it has to do with pressure (or the potential thereof) by Microsoft.