20071113
Android Runs on Java and Under the Couch - Click!
I don't know why people still use Java. Even on a dual core system with pleanty of memory, Java love to suck up system resources until it putters at a Commodores pace. In addition, Java is an energy hog on portable devices, including Moto's RAZR.Here's something to think about: Why aren't portable apps being written in Python or C? I read about portable applications for mobile devices using open source software all the time. Why don't we see these things in other technology magazines other than Linux Journal or Linux User?
C is efficent. The codes can be ported to iPhone and Palm OS. But mobile application projects for C and Python came to a halt earilier this decade, primarily because Java became the only game in town.
Thanks to Apple, interest in programming mobile devices is on the rise again. Hacking the iPhone is the primary goal, but hopefully Palm OS and Blackberry users will join in. (This was one of Android's goals in the first place.)
Android runs under the couch like a Roomba Robot. Atleast I still have an SSH program.
UPDATE:
After some review of Android, I have decided to reconsider my stance on Java programming. Perhaps I will find what it is that Java does that make is so energy-innefficent.
My appologies for being dismissive.
Labels: brew, google, java, palm, phone
posted by Bushido Hacks 11/13/2007 02:01:00 PM (0) comments top
