I'm curious what the deeper story is. Google limits their languages to C/C++,
Java, Python and Javascript. Is this similar or just a grudge with Adobe? Or is
it part of the HTML5 spec which offers a considerable simplification re:
plugins etc.
Although Flash is a variant of JS, is there more to the story? I.e. Does it,
or it's libraries, demand interfaces to more of the hardware than usual? I
confess to not really groking Flash .. It seams to be much more than JS and
some libraries. Air and other frameworks go beyond what I'd consider just a
language.
I also note Java is not allowed.
---- Owen
I am an iPad, resistance is futile!
On Apr 12, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Stephen Guerin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apple is dictating apps must be written in approved languages.
> "Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or
> JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written
> in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the
> Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an
> intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited)."
>
> Wasn't newspeak an official language :-)
>
> from wikipedia:
> "Newspeak is closely based on English but has a greatly reduced and
> simplified vocabulary and grammar. This suits the totalitarian regime of the
> Party, whose aim is to make any alternative thinking—"thoughtcrime", or
> "crimethink" in the newest edition of Newspeak—impossible by removing any
> words or possible constructs which describe the ideas of freedom, rebellion
> and so on."
>
> http://www.gizmag.com/apple-iphone-os-4-adobe/14781/
> http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888
>
>
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