[DUG] DelphiDroid

[David Moorhouse (DUG)]

The linked article gives a great overview of the Android architecture for
people who want to get up to speed with a new platform.

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/11/14/What-Android-Is

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> I think we're talking about two different things:
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> 1.        There's a proof of concept of a technology that translates
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> 2.       There's apparently been some indication somewhere of a Delphi
> compiler targeting Android that has been described as a "native" compiler.
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> imho Java isn't "native" code in the sense that most people would think
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> could be considered "native" in the sense that Java is (seemingly) the
> "lingua franca" of Android.
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> Iirc there was talk many, many, MANY years ago of a Delphi compiler that
> could/would/might emit Java Byte Code.
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