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0 pointsskolemtotem7y ago0 comments

How is it native if you're just replacing a JavaScript VM with a Dart VM? Or is the Dart somehow compiled to native code?

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tybit7y ago

Dart has a VM (with hot reloading) for dev time and an AOT compiler for release builds.

I’d say that’s one of the most attractive things about Dart to compensate for yet another language.

pritambaral7y ago

How large and invasive is the Dart runtime though? Running in a VM and running with a runtime are only so far apart. And I'm interested in distribution package sizes too.

afsina7y ago

Here is some info: https://flutter.io/faq/#how-big-is-the-flutter-engine

gcb07y ago

in summary : a minimal UI app goes from 40k of java code to 6700k of compressed dart code

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myguysi7y ago

You’re right, it gets compile to native code

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