[Q] XobotOS for Spica

[boofman]

Sees we gotta wait for full Android transformation from Java to C# then..but it gives us hope that if ever that happens, our Spica can handle it..(but will it be worth it by then?)

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[tom3q]

Sees we gotta wait for full Android transformation from Java to C# then..but it gives us hope that if ever that happens, our Spica can handle it..(but will it be worth it by then?)

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Well, C# is just Java redone by Microsoft. It isn't itself anything interesting in terms of performance, the difference comes from better implementation of virtual machine than Dalvik. So maybe replacing Dalvik with a better VM would have the same effect (or extending it with some optimization tricks of Mono), without losing the whole application base.

IMHO it's just a project to show that Android VM isn't as good as Google imagines and there is a lot of area for improvement and this might be the direction of future Android development. Of course it depends on how the Google vs Oracle case ends, but I don't believe that Google wouldn't be able to somehow settle it up, because they have too much to lose.