Jay Freeman has also released his Wraith Scheme for the iPad. On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote:
> Alan Kay wrote on Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:53:21 -0700 (PDT) >> A hardware vendor with huge volumes (like Apple) should be able to get a CPU >> vendor to make HW that offers real protection, and at a granularity that >> makes >> more systems sense. > > They did just that when they founded ARM Ltd (with Acorn and VTI): the > most significant change from the ARM3 to the ARM6 was a new MMU with a > more fine grained protection mechnism which was designed specially for > the Newton OS. No other system used it and though I haven't checked, I > wouldn't be surprised if this feature was eliminated from more recent > versions of ARM. > > Compared to a real capability system (like the Intel iAPX432/BiiN/960XA > or the IBM AS/400) it was a rather awkward solution, but at least they > did make an effort. > > Having been created under Scully, this technology did not survive Jobs' > return. > >> But the main point here is that there are no technical reasons why a child >> should >> be restricted from making an Etoys or Scratch project and sharing it with >> another >> child on an iPad. >> No matter what Apple says, the reasons clearly stem from strategies and >> tactics >> of economic exclusion. >> So I agree with Max that the iPad at present is really the anti-Dynabook > > They have changed their position a little. I have a "Hand Basic" on my > iPhone which is compatible with the Commodore 64 Basic. I can write and > save programs, but can't send them to another device or load new > programs from the Internet. Except I can - there are applications for > the iPhone that give you access to the filing system and let you > exchange files with a PC or Mac. But that is beyond most users, which > seems to be a good enough barrier from Apple's viewpoint. > > The same thing applies to this nice native development environment for > Lua on the iPad: > > http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ > > You can program on the iPad/iPhone, but can't share. > > -- Jecel > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
