
Episode 144: Compilers
Android Developers Backstage
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Did You Just Name a Second Thing D8?
R8 came from the name of a car that we liked. So why not call our compiler R8? And then similarly, when we extended D8 with library desirgaring, that just became L8. We've actually named two things D8, and we just didn't realize it until it was too late.
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