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Everyone's correctly assuming that using this for hosting a public service on the internet would be an awful idea. But if you have a desktop Mac or iPhone app
by blasdel 17y ago
Everyone's correctly assuming that using this for hosting a public service on the internet would be an awful idea.
But if you have a desktop Mac or iPhone app that needs a localhosted web interface or HTTP API, this approach could easily be way better than dealing with a second language runtime.
- boucher 17y agoProbably true. There's one or two other tiny embedded Objective-C web server designed for that purpose out there. We've got just such an app, but we're running our backend process in JavaScript.