I’ve read some articles about Android NDK. Most of them claim Native C is faster than Java but they didn’t explain the reasons. Could anybody explain and give sources why is Native C faster?
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I’ve read some articles about Android NDK. Most of them claim Native C is faster than Java but they didn’t explain the reasons. Could anybody explain and give sources why is Native C faster?
Java has to be interpreted by a virtual machine while C communicates directly with the system. The thing is, since java has to be interpreted, you could say that it has to pass by a checkpoint when it does something while C has a direct pass. But that virtual machine has some advantages too. For instance, it allows the code to be runable on almost any system. In comparison the C is machine dependant.