It's not ridiculous. If the finished app meets Apple's standards, why should they care how it's made? Whether something is written in Objective-C or compiled to

It's not ridiculous. If the finished app meets Apple's standards, why should they care how it's made? Whether something is written in Objective-C or compiled to it is irrelevant if the finished product is indistinguishable. It's like saying "I need the original copy of that file." What, you want me to ship you the hard drive? All you really need are identical bits of information. Oh, crap, I defragged my hard drive. Guess I don't have the "original copy" anymore after all.