On: Microsoft and Xamarin partner

[lnanek2]

Android is built on top of Linux, though.

[broodbucket → lnanek2]

The kernel, not the userland. Writing for Dalvik is very different to writing for GNU/Linux.

[whymclovin → broodbucket]

Xamarin on Android runs on Mono directly on the kernel. It skips Dalvik

[broodbucket → whymclovin]

I knew it could (with Xamarin's thing they did rewriting Android in C# to test performance) but I didn't know that's how it worked for the stuff you build with their tools. That's awesome.