- Compile time == static binding
- Run time == dynamic binding

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compile time = once per version of an application
install time = (roughly) once per device
run time = every time the application is launched

Everything done in a previous step is considered static in the context of the current step, while everything we are currently doing is dynamic - ie changing something, otherwise we wouldn't be doing it!

Instead of arguing over the semantics of whether install time is static vs dynamic, would it not be possible to focus on the fact that there are 3 steps here whereas by only talking about static vs dynamic the patent implies only 2 steps, ergo dalvik doesn't practice the claims?

Probably too late for that now. In any case can a technically ignorant jury, reasonable as they are, really be expected to identify truth from the duelling experts scenario, any more frequently than tossing a coin would?

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