On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Jens Axel Søgaard <jensa...@soegaard.net> wrote: > 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
I'm happy to try and support ARM in my DrDr build farm if someone wants to help and suggest a computer to buy. Jay > >> 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 > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users -- Jay McCarthy <j...@cs.byu.edu> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University http://teammccarthy.org/jay "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93 _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
