Show HN: dextk - Android dex file parser in Go

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For those unfamiliar with Android dev, .dex files are Dalvik Executables, which are used to hold a set of class definitions and their associated adjunct data.

https://source.android.com/docs/core/runtime/dex-format

That sounds functionally the same as an executable jar file. Anyone know why jar wasn't just used instead?

oracle's litigious nature?

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