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Python runs on iOS, Racket does not. The need for a JIT to make Racket performant also makes it unlikely that it ever will.

• peatmoss 7y ago
  As Racket moves to Chez Scheme as its back-end, I believe it’s not JIT but natively compiled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chez_Scheme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chez_Scheme EDIT: it should also allow Racket to be ported to more backends because the move to Chez is meaning more of Racket is implemented in Racket.
• darkpuma 7y ago
  If you want a lisp on mobile kick, I've heard good things about lambdanative. It would still be cool to have racket mobile apps though.
  • mark_l_watson 7y ago
    I have only looked at the code and built the demos for lambdanative, but from what I have seen if I had to write mobile apps then I would seriously consider it. It is built in the excellent Gambit Scheme.
  • hajile 7y ago
    I believe Lispworks supports iOS and Android. Since they compile natively, there's no JIT issues on iOS.
• KirinDave 7y ago
  You could just do what Python does and accept your language runtime is unbearably slow?