I recently got to know f-droid[1], an open source playstore alternative, maybe this can be a good option for publishing jsoftware's Android ambitions...
[1]: https://f-droid.org/ 2014-12-15 20:04 GMT+01:00 Raul Miller <[email protected]>: > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
