>Or one could use and existing store or create a new one on Aptoide. i still do >not understand why a j apk cannot just go on the Play Store though...
greg ~krsnadas.org -- from: Jan-Pieter Jacobs <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 15 December 2014 at 11:16 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] j on android - play store? >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/ -- from: Raul Miller <[email protected]> to: General forum <[email protected]> date: 15 December 2014 at 11:04 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] j on android - play store? >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, -- from: bill lam <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 13 December 2014 at 00:37 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] j on android - play store? >If he can afford forking some money, basic4android may be a good candidate for >him. -- from: Raul Miller <[email protected]> reply-to: [email protected] to: General forum <[email protected]> date: 12 December 2014 at 22:45 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] j on android - play store? 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, -- from: Jerrold <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 12 December 2014 at 18:06 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] j on android - play store? >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 -- from: Raul Miller <[email protected]> to: General forum <[email protected]> date: 9 December 2014 at 11:04 subject: [Jgeneral] j on android - play store? JIs 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, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
