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Let's go over those: - Objective C: not a competitor as it doesn't do multi-platform, which I assume will be PHP's main angle. - Javascript: weird OO model (c
by Joeri 14y ago
Let's go over those:
- Objective C: not a competitor as it doesn't do multi-platform, which I assume will be PHP's main angle.
- Javascript: weird OO model (compared to PHP's traditional OO), much smaller set of API's, typically tied to a web UI (PHP would probably wrap around native UI API's). Along with C# I consider this the strongest contender, but I can see why people would prefer PHP.
- Ruby, lua: does anyone actually use those on mobile? I'm sure they have their qualities, but those are really niche languages (on mobile). To me these are not serious competitors.
- ufo 14y agogiven that the whole point of Lua is that its easy to embed and run everywhere, I can guarantee that someone is using it on mobile somewhere.
- cpeterso 14y agoLua is very popular with iOS game developers.
- wreckimnaked 14y agoLua is very popular with most game developers.
- jamesbritt 14y agoThere is a Lua mobile game framework as well (which is why I popped Lua into that ad hoc list).
- jamesbritt 14y agore: Lua. http://www.coronalabs.com/products/corona-sdk/ http://www.coronalabs.com/products/corona-sdk/ There's RubyMotion for iOS, and some JRuby->Android thing I haven't looked at in a while. BTW, what about PHP's OO is traditional? Certainly not traditional like Smalltalk. JavaScript s probably better thought of as prototype-based, not OOP.