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		octopus on March 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JDK 8 Release Notes Actually they use Java the language, except that the code doesn't run on JVM but on a different VM (Dalvik at this time). Dalvik supports Java 6 and parts from Java 7.

general_failure on March 19, 2014 [–]

Dalvik is dead. Art is the new king

octopus on March 19, 2014 | [–]

Maybe in the future, I doubt anyone, except Android developers, even knows about Art.

Art is still experimental and not enabled by default.

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