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Apple wouldn't permit this in the AppStore

• ska 13y ago
  I don't think that's quite right, if I understand correctly you could have the interpreter so long as there was no download and run of external code. I'm sure I've seen a Lua environment like this.
  • ciferkey 13y ago
    Correct. Both python and lisp (Lisping) already have interpreters available as well.
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• dljsjr 13y ago
  Sure they would. http://omz-software.com/pythonista/ http://omz-software.com/pythonista/ http://omz-software.com/editorial/ http://omz-software.com/editorial/ http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ You just can't have an app that downloads external code and then runs it; if all of the code that gets run is prepackaged in the app bundle or user-generated then it's absolutely fine.
  • shurcooL 13y ago
    Are browsers exempt? Because there are a few of them there, and they download and execute external JavaScript.
    • croddin 13y ago
      I believe all browsers in the app store that run js use Apple's UIWebView and don't run the js themselves.
    • kemiller 13y ago
      They have to use Apple's JS engine.
    • dcohenp 13y ago
      > they download and execute external JavaScript Yes, but they may do so only by embedding Apple's own sandboxed WebKit component. So the downloading, execution, and results are tightly controlled.
  • krichman 13y ago
    I thought those were running interpreters via javascript. User-generated code is really okay?
• pohl 13y ago
  I installed this from the App Store two days ago on John Carmack's recommendation: http://slidetocode.com http://slidetocode.com