2010/9/15 YC <yinso.c...@gmail.com>:
> But is racket a good choice to run in an restricted environment such as
> iPhone? It seems like if one were to choose racket as a development
> platform for native iPhone app, there are a few questions (ones that I don't
> know about - others might know) on whether it is currently viable:
>
> ARM processor support
This ought to be supported:
http://groups.google.com/group/plt-scheme/msg/8b51211f8a6a88ca
> limited memory usage
This is a biggie, but memory size will grow fast enough
that if it is a problem, it will disappear with time.
> Objective-C/Cocoa interface
There is a FFI ready:
http://docs.racket-lang.org/foreign/Objective-C_FFI.html
> Compilation to a "single" exe (zipped structure appears to be fine) - or at
> least compile all planet packages along with the exe so it can be shipped
> together without going through planet
The PLaneT dance might be impractical, but hardly a show stopper?
However there is something to think about regarding shared and static
C libraries.
--
Jens Axel Søgaard
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