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Things I Learned

  • Android can run Linux apps if compiled with Google's NDK

  • LLVM is a Low Level Virtual Machine

  • GCJ was GCC's compiler for Java

  • LLVM, JVM and .NET/Mono are similar

  • ConnectBot is a terminal, Termux is like a chroot

  • Android uses Toybox shell utilities

  • An OS controls privileged instructions, and applications can only run non-privileged instructions directly

  • Computers run on pulses, not on binary numbers. It can be colour coded instructions or even presses.

  • Raita means Pachadi in Malayalam

  • Biriyani is said to have been invented by the Mughals
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