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Subject: Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)
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Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:

> If Android actually exposed more of the Linux underpinnings
> it might be somewhat useful to me ...

There _is_ a development kit.  I have no idea what-all is involved
in setting it up, but if someone were sufficiently motivated it
would presumably be possible to develop an app to provide access
to bash (and thence any other desired command-line tools).