It's the pleasure of the idea. I think I'm not the first one who wished for J on the iPhone.
Still, I believe there is a big hurdle on moving J to the iPhone. One of them is the access to the file system. Most of the iPhone apps that have a "file system" does this in a sandbox. Not allowing access to system level files and directories. I can name a few like "Air Sharing" and eBook readers. Another one is the FORM capabilities of J. Still, J for the iPhone would be something. Think about it, J for the Pocket PC is the only (am I right?) language/development platform that let you creat apps for that device. Now do this for the iPhone ... I sincerely believe that the adoption would rise. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan K. Stebbens Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:47 PM To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] J for the iPhone On Jun 1, 2009, at 11:27 PM, Alex Rufon wrote: > J for the iPhone! > > Hahaha. Just had to get that off my chest. Are you laughing because the idea is ludicrous, or are you laughing from the pleasure of the idea? If the former, please explore the Frink pages at: http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/faq.html#SmallDevices More information is at http://handhelds.freshmeat.net/projects/frinklang If Frink can be run on small devices, being a Java app, surely J can be run on small devices also (not 64-bit J, of course). I'd much rather be able to noodle around with J code on my handheld, than play solitare or sudoku. -- Alan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
