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Isn't Apple very restrictive about apps that allow running arbitrary code like emulators? I'm also a bit perplexed, unless they have changed their policy recent
by amlib 3y ago
Isn't Apple very restrictive about apps that allow running arbitrary code like emulators? I'm also a bit perplexed, unless they have changed their policy recently.
- dangus 3y agoI wonder if it was determined that the code isn’t arbitrary, and nothing is being emulated. It’s more like a content engine. Perhaps ScummVM is closer in concept to something like Super Mario Maker than to a full blown programming environment. You could argue that the custom content is “code” but it’s more like a limited set of actions accompanied with content.
- lxgr 3y agoThat ship has long sailed. There’s an x86 Linux user space emulator capable of running unmodified Alpine Linux, a shell running WASM/WASI binaries… It seems like the current bar is something like “can it plausibly run something other than pirated Nintendo ROMs”.
- simonw 3y agoWhat's that x86 Linux emulator app?
- Exonym 3y ago[iSH](https://ish.app https://ish.app).
- haunter 3y agoa-shell https://holzschu.github.io/a-Shell_iOS/ https://holzschu.github.io/a-Shell_iOS/
- lxgr 3y agoThat one runs WASM binaries interfacing (via WASI) with the native iOS AArch64 environment and some clever built-in bindings that make iOS look not entirely unlike a normal POSIX. Very impressive (and faster than emulation, since WASM can be JIT compiled by iOS!), but not Linux :)