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by pjmlp 3766 days ago
No, for example UNIX IPC isn't available.

Google has ripped most of the stuff they see as fluff for Android.

Edit: Any C and C++ API not listed as stable and public on the NDK docs is not guaranteed to exist in all devices.
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jacquesm 3765 days ago
Google has ripped out most of the stuff that would have made smart phones actual computers rather than smart terminals.
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pjmlp 3765 days ago
If you think of C and C++ point of view, yes.

On the other hand the Frameworks are quite expressive for applications, but one needs to use Java 6.5 or resort to third party solutions like retrolambda and Kotlin.

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