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by mihn 4476 days ago
Apparently Android is not using Java, but something that looks like Java. I bet Google vs. Oracle trial can be attributed to that. :)
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octopus 4476 days ago
Actually they use Java the language, except that the code doesn't run on JVM but on a different VM (Dalvik at this time). Dalvik supports Java 6 and parts from Java 7.
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general_failure 4475 days ago
Dalvik is dead. Art is the new king
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octopus 4475 days ago
Maybe in the future, I doubt anyone, except Android developers, even knows about Art.

Art is still experimental and not enabled by default.

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