MutantSushi

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by MutantSushi 16y ago
Empirical evidence? Ask the guys Apple is funding to do MacRuby.
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
I have to pick one platform besides CocoaTouch it would be Nokia/Intel's MeeGo.
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
Sorry, I think you've failed to grasp what Apple's "Multitasking" is about. They are perfectly happy with apps that do not multitask AT ALL. They are not offering "true" multitasking, but allowing app's to notify system daemons to carry o
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
Click the title of the original post. New licence quoted in Gruber's story.
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
Quite. How does one extend this to real-world languages? "You must originally compose message board posts in English" So, nazi mind-readers to detect those secret English-as-2nd-Language speakers who are secretly, nefariously still thinkin
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
It's not MacRuby, it's RubyCocoa, but yes, they have their own project using a language not included in this list. No, I'm not expecting consistency here against their own "baby", but what kind of environment does this set up? Would you e
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
please try to distinguish 'cross platform compilers' from using alternate languages to write for Cocoa APIs. it doesn't matter if you're using C# or Ruby, your program is still structured around all the native APIs necessary to function.
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
using a different language doesn't affect security, the executable is still within the same sandbox. please read up on the plethora of projects allowing other languages to work with Cocoa, including desktop OSX, including Apple-funded proj
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
what does language have to do with that? you can include your own C libraries within your project if you want, the language is no different. if people use other language interfaces to Cocoa, like RubyCocoa or MonoTouch, what is the proble
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
Yes, but is relevant if they are not judged to have a anti-compoetitive effect on the market as a whole. Clearly a company does not have to be a 100% monopoly in the literal sense to run afoul of anti-monopoly laws, but these sanctions are
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
Interpreters being banned is old news, this is about compiled stuff being rejected because you chose a 'wrong' language.
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
If Apple was judged a monopoly alot of this type of behavior, along with AppStore monopoly, would likely be barred. Until they are judged a monopoly, this is legit from a legal POV.
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by MutantSushi 16y ago
Sure, 'multiplatform compiling/targeting' is one thing. But banning non-approved languages is silly. Even apple is funding projects like RubyCocoa and bringing Python compatability to the Cocoa API. If somebody wants to write an app using