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Apocryphon on Oct 10, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy

Why did Google adopt the language for Android?

pjmlp on Oct 10, 2013 | [–]

They didn't, the startup Android Inc was already using it.

camus on Oct 10, 2013 | [–]

But Android doesnt run on the JVM, it is not JAVA the plateform.

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