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Wait, so does this mean Apple doesn't have a problem with a 3rd-party framework becoming the preferred API for iOS development? How does not allowing apps that

by umjames 16y ago

Wait, so does this mean Apple doesn't have a problem with a 3rd-party framework becoming the preferred API for iOS development? How does not allowing apps that download code prevent this? Also, does this mean you can't download JavaScript from an external web page in your app?

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ra88it 16y ago
Apparently Javascript is given an explicit exception.
- jrockway 16y ago
  What about, say, Haskell compiled to JavaScript?
  - glhaynes 16y ago
    If it runs on their JavaScript engine outputting to their HTML component, it's fine.
  - wslh 16y ago
    Why not a Python interpreter written in Ruby running under Silverlight?
- brownleej 16y ago
  I found it interesting that the exception was not for Javascript, but rather for WebKit in general. "The only exception to the foregoing [ban on downloading and interpreting code] is scripts and code downloaded and run by Apple’s built-in WebKit framework." [from section 3.3.2]. Perhaps Apple wants to keep their options open for other scripting languages in WebKit. I would love to see python and ruby scripting on the client side, personally.
- zekel 16y ago
  Would you mind linking me to where it says that? I can't find it.