Will it be easier if only the j engine be updated to j901 and keep its ui/ide unchanged? I think j engine can also work for iOS because it can work for jandroid arm64 cpu.
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 6:44 AM Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim, > You have paid your dues! Hold on those funds and spend them more foolishly > than a donation to Jsoftware! > > Time for others to step up, or not. > > We will eventually get around to this, but it is not at the top of our > priority list. Votes by donation pledges would get our attention. > > Anyone could do this with the J gpl source. If someone set up a credible > project, we'd be happy to provide the current iOS ide source under a gpl > license. > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 6:21 PM 'Jim Russell' via General < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > It’s been a while since I kicked in anything to support Jsoftware and my > > old MacBook can’t keep up to the minimum requirements for the qt ide. So > J > > 701 on my iPhone and iPad is important, meaning I would be willing to > kick > > in $100 or so from my social security check for an iOS upgrade. > > But, good luck finding anyone else that can match the productivity of you > > guys! > > > On Jun 22, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Agreed it would be a stable 901 with appropriate addons and ready for > > > serious use. And it would be a base that would be kept current. > > > > > > I don't have a quote yet on an estimated consulting fee for this so we > > are > > > all a bit in the dark. This work would not be done with normal > Jsoftware > > > resources, but would instead be done by a professional mac development > > > company who are in it, not for love, but money. > > > > > > Interesting to see how many others stick their neck out and say they > > would > > > 'throw money at it'. > > > > > >> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 2:11 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> I'd throw money at it. > > >> > > >> That said, if it's that much trouble, I imagine it should be a stable > > >> version of J9, with a good set of addons. (math/misc at the very > least.) > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Raul > > >> > > >>> On Saturday, June 22, 2019, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> We'd very much like to update J for iOS (fix bugs, support latest > iPad > > >>> resolutions, improve interface, and update to 807/901). We have the > > >> talent > > >>> lined up to do it, but funding such a project is a problem for us, > and > > it > > >>> would be money out of pocket, not just working for nothing. We want > it > > to > > >>> be free or very cheap on the app store, so there is no money there, > > >>> especially after apple takes its cut. I wonder if enough people would > > >> press > > >>> the donation button if we put out a call? It is not a trivial > project. > > >>> > > >>> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 1:35 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> J on the iphone is still j701 > > >>>> > > >>>> I don't know how difficult the iphone deploy process is, but if it's > > >> not > > >>>> too much trouble it might be nice to eventually get a update there? > > >>>> > > >>>> (Or, if it is too much trouble, j701 still works...) > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks, > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Raul > > >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>> 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 > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
