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		lucianbr 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is the Gmail app 700 MB? Didn't this use to be called "compilation"?

tasty_freeze 16 days ago | [–]

Yes, but then JIT (just in time) compilation became commonplace, so now it is often useful to distinguish between AOT and JIT.

orthoxerox 16 days ago | [–]

Yes, and landline phones used to be called "phones".

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