1) Only now seriously thought about the step of Google . Why did they create Alphabet Corporation and move there? Google buys other companies and forms an alphabet out of them. But why? Will it somehow affect the android?

2) Now the youngest is the seventh Android Nougat. But Google has overcome 3 letters in 1.5 years, is it fast? What if the company wants to quickly go to Z and quit the android? What if our platform disappears, the same as Dendy? It remains, then, 12 letters and the alphabet is complete.

3) If Google is in America, then what will happen when Russia’s relations with it completely deteriorate? Can the US government close Google Play to us?

4) I heard somewhere that there was a certain Scala, which, ostensibly, would push out Java. It's true? Maybe you should go to it? Can the same transition happen to us as with Apple (from Objective-C to Swift)?

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  • I just don’t know where to ask about it, and I don’t want to create discussions here at all. In general, what are the discussions? Wtf !? - Flippy
  • Actually, Scala is already 14 years old, it appeared .. and in this language you can already write for android, although not without crutches. There were also rumors that Google was going to transfer the platform to Swift and there were rumors on its own Golang too. The problem is that this is a huge amount of work - to rewrite the entire OS (SDK) into another language and it’s unlikely that even Google will decide on this without very significant reasons, but personally I don’t see what to write - java, scala, golang, c # ... - pavlofff
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    Nobody will surely close the OS from the lack of letters for the name, just as the OS will not keep the OS until version Z is released. This business — there will be no profit — will be closed, it will be — at least they will switch to the Greek alphabet — pavlofff
  • :) That is, at any time we can become janitors? - Flippy
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    I do not think that all the OS will end suddenly. There will always be some kind of leading platform. Mastering another platform should not be a significant problem for a programmer - pavlofff

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1) Only now seriously thought about the step of Google. Why did they create Alphabet Corporation and move there? Google buys other companies and forms an alphabet out of them. But why? Will it somehow affect the android?

There is such a principle - divide and conquer. When business is very big, they need to be able to steer. Will it affect the android? depends only on whether the company will need it. If he does not make money, then they can close it.

2) Now the youngest is the seventh Android Nougat. But Google has overcome 3 letters in 1.5 years, is it fast? What if the company wants to quickly go to Z and quit the android? What if our platform disappears, the same as Dendy? It remains, then, 12 letters and the alphabet is complete.

Ubunt has the same problem, but I have not heard that it closes (and they will have Z in 2017)

3) If Google is in America, then what will happen when Russia’s relations with it completely deteriorate? Can the US government close Google Play to us?

The government can not, but it can clearly hint Google about it. Actually the precindent was already in the Crimea. And if he was there, then why not in another state?

4) I heard somewhere that there was a certain Scala, which, ostensibly, would push out Java. It's true? Maybe you should go to it? Can the same transition happen to us as with Apple (from Objective-C to Swift)?

There is a rock, and even to itself develops slowly. Moreover, they even write on it and even under the android. Does it make sense to learn? for general development, yes.