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by skolemtotem 2937 days ago
How is it native if you're just replacing a JavaScript VM with a Dart VM? Or is the Dart somehow compiled to native code?
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tybit 2937 days ago
Dart has a VM (with hot reloading) for dev time and an AOT compiler for release builds.

I’d say that’s one of the most attractive things about Dart to compensate for yet another language.

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pritambaral 2937 days ago
How large and invasive is the Dart runtime though? Running in a VM and running with a runtime are only so far apart. And I'm interested in distribution package sizes too.
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afsina 2937 days ago
Here is some info: https://flutter.io/faq/#how-big-is-the-flutter-engine
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gcb0 2937 days ago
in summary : a minimal UI app goes from 40k of java code to 6700k of compressed dart code
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afsina 2937 days ago
Not compressed, compiled to machine code.
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gcb0 2936 days ago
why does the linked article calls ot out as "compressed" but not mention it for java bytecode?
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myguysi 2937 days ago
You’re right, it gets compile to native code
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