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Originally Posted by stangri
Haven't seen a single argument disproving the point that code which needs to be translated into objective code in VM (java) is slower than objective code (uhm, not java). Comparing to the objective code (which most of the programs still are) java is slow.
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Make that "slow
er" - big difference.
When it comes to extensive number-crunching, native code has a big advantage - but when we're talking about GUIs, the computer spends most of its time waiting on user input anyway.
To get back to the car analogies: A sedan can haul more than a convertible, but if you only have a small bag with you anyway, it's not going to make much of a difference. (Except when it comes to fun driving, and that's where the analogy breaks down...)
From what I've read about both Android and the Nook, well-written Java code should easily be fast enough to handle the task. Bad programming OTOH - well, that can slow down anything, no matter which language you're using. ;-)