Maybe it's because we feel Objective-C to be family. :) Maybe because of Apple's early connection to Parc and Smalltalk, who knows.
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Casimiro de Almeida Barreto < [email protected]> wrote: > Em 26-05-2011 09:02, Igor Stasenko escreveu: > > On 25 May 2011 20:45, Hilaire Fernandes <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have no idea how hard it is to pass the apple check. > >> It can indeed temper any effort doing a theme. > >> > > I think that i can express Apple's policy using single statement: > > - why you using language X for your project, if you can implement same > > in Objective C. > > > > :) > > > Clearly Apple has a restrictive police on development and > commercialization of products for the iOS platform. It is not related > only to development language/environment but also content. Apple censors > and decides what can and what cannot be put in "their" (should be their > customers) tablets/phones/iPods (kind: no porno, no political, no > certain kinds of violence, etc). > > One thing that amazes me is that currently there are two contestants to > the "Tablet & Smartphone World Grand Prix": iOS and Android but people > in the SqueakVM/CogVM communities are centered only around a single > "monopolist" manufacturer. IMHO it would be good to have SqueakVM/CogVM > decently running in Android (>= 2.1). > > In the long term I think Android will win this "championship". > > My 2¢ > > CdAB > >> Hilaire > >> > (...) > >
