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XBMC comes to AndroidXBMC comes to AndroidPosted Jan 17, 2013 15:25 UTC (Thu) by oliv3r (guest, #86764)In reply to: XBMC comes to Android by charlieb Parent article: XBMC comes to Android
Actually, both are true or neither.
XBMC is ported from ... the Xbox and the loop was designed in that way. The term 'game-loop' isn't far off.
They do want to change that, but it would require a major rewrite. I think while XBMC is amazing and it will grow to be more amazing too, it will require a full on rewrite to be more portable and less demanding on resources. Event driven and all that.
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XBMC comes to Android Posted Jan 18, 2013 6:38 UTC (Fri) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]
Actually that is something amazing that is worth a mention, that an application designed to run on the original Xbox game console has been made to run not only on standard desktop systems but also Android. I think there may be a point to be made about the homogenization and standardization of computing, that our modern operating systems and hardware are similar enough that a program can be made to run in such different environments. Early computers were much more wild by comparison.
XBMC comes to Android Posted Jan 18, 2013 7:54 UTC (Fri) by Fowl (subscriber, #65667) [Link]
I blame C.
XBMC comes to Android Posted Jan 19, 2013 15:48 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
You can also blame Unix (and POSIX).
XBMC comes to Android Posted Jan 19, 2013 18:04 UTC (Sat) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]
Although the Xbox environment is not POSIX or Unix. In any event I was just caught momentarily in awe that anything works at all 8-)
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