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by gte910h 4394 days ago
I'd say "Bring Scala to Android" would be more comparable? Bring Clojure and I'd say you're stealing a lot of developers away who think Swift is a half measure.
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Touche 4394 days ago
Clojure already runs on Android, it's just dog slow.
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gte910h 4394 days ago
Google didn't bring Clojure to Android, some 3rd party did, and slowly. Scala appear to have the same story I think? (Large startup lag?)

If you want functional on Android, I'm betting F# is the premiere method today performant enough to write real apps in.

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logicchains 4394 days ago
Performance is not just about the language; Scala and Clojure can be just as fast as Java on the Oracle JVM or OpenJDK. The Android Dalvik VM is just incredibly ineffective at optimisation compared to a real JVM, and Google has done little to improve it. Things might change with the new ART VM, however.
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Touche 4394 days ago
Clojure's startup time is super slow even on the JVM. Here's a good analysis of why: http://nicholaskariniemi.github.io/2014/02/25/clojure-bootst...
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