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The primary criteria we used to pick a programming language were the following:

* _Predictable, high performance_. With Flutter, we want to empower developers
to create fast, fluid user experiences. In order to achieve that, we need to
be able to run a significant amount of end-developer code during every
animation frame. That means we need a language that both delivers high
performance and delivers predictable performance, without periodic
pauses that would cause dropped frames.

* _Developer productivity_. One of Flutter's main value propositions is that it
saves engineering resources by letting developers create apps for both iOS and
Android with the same codebase. Using a highly productive language
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object-oriented languages. While we could use a non-object-oriented language,
this would mean reinventing the wheel to solve several hard problems.

* _Predictable, high performance_. With Flutter, we want to empower developers
to create fast, fluid user experiences. In order to achieve that, we need to
be able to run a significant amount of end-developer code during every
animation frame. That means we need a language that both delivers high
performance and delivers predictable performance, without periodic
pauses that would cause dropped frames.

* _Fast allocation_. The Flutter framework uses a functional-reactive style
programming model, whose performance depends heavily on the underlying memory
allocator efficiently handling small, short-lived allocations. The
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