Kindle SDK Language/Platform

Question

Does anyone know what language/platform the new Kindle SDK will support?

Answer 1

The entire existing GUI for the Kindle runs on an embedded flavor of Java. So, I'm pretty much assuming it's Java based. There may also be some security reasons (DRM, Whispernet abuse?) to confine people to a Java VM...

I really don't like this. Java is far from my first choice for embedded platforms. Why put a VM on a resource-limited device? Once, I played with an 8051 with a Java VM on it! Can you imagine?!? (I used the C route)

The one Java app I tried to port to the Kindle failed miserably because the embedded Java platform didn't support generics (which were used EVERYWHERE) or assertions (okay, not a big deal). Write once run anywhere? Riiight.

A huge number of platforms are running Linux, and it's dead easy to use Qt on just about any embedded Linux platform. I'd say Qt is better at cross platform than Java at this point. I am somewhat biased, though. :)