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		alfiedotwtf on Dec 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go 1.4 is released Not having to use Java on Android. This is a major reason. (it's going to interesting to see battery life of not running an interpreted language on small devices like Android Wear).

pjmlp on Dec 11, 2014 | [–]

Last time I checked Java was being compiled to native code.

noselasd on Dec 11, 2014 | [–]

Dalvik has had a JIT from Android 2.2, you're not running interpreted code.

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