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yet? (Score 1) 135  by cyngus (#27580503) Attached to: Android
1.5 SDK Is Released First off, its not a requisite that a VM add
significant overhead to code. Its true that it can't have zero
overhead, but its not true that it automatically causes a
massive CPU performance hit and memory explosion. I'll point to
one benchmark that at least indicates JVM performance can exceed
C++ performance, . (To be clear, Android does not use a JVM, it
uses its own VM).  Second, if you base your language choice for
a mainstream, general purpose platform, solely on code
efficiency, you're making a mistake. Speed is *not* all that
matters. Portability and *programmer* efficiency are major
factors to consider if you want a successful platform. In these
dimensions the Java language and VM execution environments tend
to be superior.  Third, for the vast majority of programs, its
the code you write, regardless of l