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I think it'd be interesting to see someone write a letter to Apple to see how far they'll bend. For example: "An educational app to teach programming in pytho
by cstross 16y ago
I think it'd be interesting to see someone write a letter to Apple to see how far they'll bend.
For example:
"An educational app to teach programming in python. The app consists of a code editor and source-level debugger, an online tutorial book, and example code for the user to edit and modify. Source code is stored in a read-only sandbox; any user-edited material must be saved to DropBox or an iDisk. Some built-in language functionality is disabled, to comply with App store policy (notably fork()/exec(), filesystem access outside the sandbox, most POSIX IPC, etc). Interpreter will only execute while app is open (no backgrounding)."
In other words, something like "Learning Python" as an ebook, with http://www.skulpt.org/ http://www.skulpt.org/ (Skulpt) wired up to it, possibly with some IDE-style bells and whistles.
- PieSquared 16y agoWell, I just sent almost exactly that email (reworded, of course, not actually copied-pasted). We'll see what they say.
- cstross 16y agoIf they say "yes", and you go and write the app, I'll buy it. (I'm not any kind of developer, this decade, but I'd like to keep my hand in by learning something new.)