← Back to context Comment by vetinari 2 years ago It was never JVM. Converting to dex happens on developer side, and that severs anything JVM-like. 5 comments vetinari Reply Ygg2 2 years ago Nitpick that doesn't affect my argument. Argument is based on access to underlying hardware not it being JVM.Since edit window has passed:Just because it's based on JVM compatible VM, doesn't make ART/Dalvik my Operating system either. croes 2 years ago Because neither JVM nor Dalvik are OS.Android is a kind of Linux just like Dalvik is a kind of JVM. Ygg2 2 years ago Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app? 2 replies →
Ygg2 2 years ago Nitpick that doesn't affect my argument. Argument is based on access to underlying hardware not it being JVM.Since edit window has passed:Just because it's based on JVM compatible VM, doesn't make ART/Dalvik my Operating system either. croes 2 years ago Because neither JVM nor Dalvik are OS.Android is a kind of Linux just like Dalvik is a kind of JVM. Ygg2 2 years ago Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app? 2 replies →
croes 2 years ago Because neither JVM nor Dalvik are OS.Android is a kind of Linux just like Dalvik is a kind of JVM. Ygg2 2 years ago Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app? 2 replies →
Ygg2 2 years ago Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app? 2 replies →
Nitpick that doesn't affect my argument. Argument is based on access to underlying hardware not it being JVM.
Since edit window has passed:
Just because it's based on JVM compatible VM, doesn't make ART/Dalvik my Operating system either.
Because neither JVM nor Dalvik are OS.
Android is a kind of Linux just like Dalvik is a kind of JVM.
Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app?
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