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<node id="668323" title="Re: Google Android" created="2008-02-16 12:42:18" updated="2008-02-16 07:42:18">
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Sorry, no.
&lt;a href='http://code.google.com/android/kb/general.html'&gt;Check the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.
Its all Java.
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Which is a damn shame. Since Android is Linux (or stripped down version thereof), it &lt;i&gt;should&lt;/i&gt; be possible. (I've used Perl on both the Zaurus and the Nokia N770/800).
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Hopefully, enough developers will scream for C/C++ access that Google will
relent (after all, libc is listed in their &lt;a href='http://code.google.com/android/what-is-android.html'&gt;pretty architecture picture&lt;/a&gt;).
&lt;p&gt;
Maybe Google's &lt;a href='http://www.python.org/~guido/'&gt;Python dictator&lt;/a&gt; will be able to pry it open enough for Perl and Ruby to sneak in
(tho Jython/JRuby may obviate the need for that).

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