On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 12:21 -0400, Bob Ammerman wrote:
> > Neil Cherry wrote:
> >> Neil, Android doesn't run Java.
> >
> > It was my understanding that Android runs *only* Java apps.
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> My understanding also. But not just any Java app. It provides a certain=20
> environment very different from that provided by a desktop operating syst=
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> and in turn expects things of the apps that run under it that a desktop O=
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> does not.
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> For example, an Android app doesn't even have a "main" method!

Under windows programs don't really have a "main" either, it's all event
driven.

FWIW Android DOES support "native" apps in a very limited way, for
performance reasons (needed less now with Froyo).

TTYL

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