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by npalli 358 days ago
> When Be engineers went to Android and built a Be-inspired API, the first thing they did was tone down the multithreading and dump C++. The OS was less responsive but more stable and easier to program.

Yeah, Android sucked in responsiveness (gap still there but closer) compared to iOS. I guess it didn't matter given the ecosystem dynamics but it was frustrating to see the jankiness of the OS compared to the buttery smooth behavior on iOS.