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0 pointsdjsumdog8y ago0 comments

huh .. I always suspected Fuchsia/Magenta were going to be a basis for Android going forward to get around the fragmentation situation. They still could be in the future, since no one is really sure what they're being developed for.

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jdc05898y ago

i haven't read up on fuchsia/magenta too much yet, but my impression is that it's going to be a much larger shift in general.

If Google can take some less drastic strides to fix this problem before a huge change like fuchsia, theres probably a better chance for an easy(er) transition.

pjmlp8y ago

There cannot exist an easy transition because they are completely different,

Java/Kotlin/C++ vs Dart for user space, Linux vs Magenta for the kernel and drivers.

jdc05898y ago

this is why I should stop commenting I stuff I haven't gotten super familiar with. I didn't know Dart was the choice for user space. I suppose they could theoretically include an compatibility layer for java/kotlin userspace apps, but that seems like a lot of baggage depending on what the real goal is.

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jdc05898y ago

i haven't read up on fuchsia/magenta too much yet, but my impression is that it's going to be a much larger shift in general.

If Google can take some less drastic strides to fix this problem before a huge change like fuchsia, theres probably a better chance for an easy(er) transition.

pjmlp8y ago

There cannot exist an easy transition because they are completely different,

Java/Kotlin/C++ vs Dart for user space, Linux vs Magenta for the kernel and drivers.

jdc05898y ago

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