sashan <[email protected]> writes:
> > I'd be happy to hear from anybody interested in OCaml on iOS.
>
>
> Thanks for this - will endeavour to look more closely into it.
> I'm curious as to whether Apple would approve an app written in OCaml
> for the app store. I was under the impression that they wouldn't.
Apple dropped their restrictions on languages for iOS around a year
ago. The press release is still available here:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/09statement.html
We (Psellos) are selling an app written in OCaml in the app store
right now, in fact. It's called Cassino, and plays a card game. At
the risk of too much self-promotion, here is a link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cassino/id411381417
We've had no trouble getting versions of the app approved by Apple.
(Granted, we're not a big enough player to merit a lot of scrutiny.)
When we started porting OCaml to iPhone, it was with the attitude of
doing something slightly crazy, but it has worked out pretty well.
I think OCaml has real advantages for writing iOS apps, and it has
also been more fun and interesting than the usual coding for the
"mobile space".
Jeffrey
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