The problem with basic4android is that the scripting environment does not actually run on the android. You have to run it on windows and then export the result to android.
So that won't work for him. He's looking for a scripting system which runs on android (which is why I had originally pointed him at jqt...). Thanks, -- Raul On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 3:37 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > If he can afford forking some money, basic4android may be a good > candidate for him. > > Сб, 13 дек 2014, Raul Miller написал(а): >> Thanks. >> >> In this case, he rejected jqt because of defects in qt. >> >> He was looking for a scripting language with a native interface - in >> this case, something based on guidelines which >> https://developer.android.com/design/index.html presents. >> >> I'm not sure if he has found anything yet, which he's happy with. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> -- >> Raul >> >> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Jerrold >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On 12/9/2014 2:04 PM, Raul Miller wrote: >> >> >> >> Is J on android in the play store? I tried searching on "jprogramming" >> >> and didn't find anything. I tried searching on "j" and found so much >> >> irrelevant stuff that I didn't look through it all. >> >> >> >> The reason I ask is that a friend was asking about programming support >> >> on the android and I sort of got ignored when I pointed him at the >> >> download directory. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> > I didn't find it on the play store but directly downloaded it from the j >> > Software site: http://www.jsoftware.com/ >> > >> > Depending upon what your friend wants to do, he might find another language >> > (such as rfo-basic easier to get into and use. Even though I considered >> > myself a reasonably adept APL programmer 47 years ago, I found (and still >> > find) J to be opaque at times to use. It is much more powerful than APL >> > was >> > but has a much steeper learning/maintenance curve. >> > >> > I find that for many jobs rfo-basic is a nice alternative. I have never >> > been a big Basic fan, but it is a good utility resource with lots of >> > examples and documentation. >> > >> > Hope this helps. >> > >> > Jerry Kronenfeld >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
