The deeper story is that Steve Jobs is being driven crazy. If people don't stop telling him how to run his fiefdom, he's going to go join the Taliban with Harmid Karzai, and then you'll all be sorry. That's the real reason they purged all the boob apps from the app store.
-- rec -- On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > I'm curious what the deeper story is. Google limits their languages to > C/C++, Java, Python and Javascript. Is this similar or just a grudge with > Adobe? Or is it part of the HTML5 spec which offers a considerable > simplification re: plugins etc. > > Although Flash is a variant of JS, is there more to the story? I.e. Does > it, or it's libraries, demand interfaces to more of the hardware than usual? > I confess to not really groking Flash .. It seams to be much more than JS > and some libraries. Air and other frameworks go beyond what I'd consider > just a language. > > I also note Java is not allowed. > > ---- Owen > > > I am an iPad, resistance is futile! > > On Apr 12, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Stephen Guerin <step...@sfcomplex.org> wrote: > > > Apple is dictating apps must be written in approved languages. > > "Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or > JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written > in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the > Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an > intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited)." > > > > Wasn't newspeak an official language :-) > > > > from wikipedia: > > "Newspeak is closely based on English but has a greatly reduced and > simplified vocabulary and grammar. This suits the totalitarian regime of the > Party, whose aim is to make any alternative thinking—"thoughtcrime", or > "crimethink" in the newest edition of Newspeak—impossible by removing any > words or possible constructs which describe the ideas of freedom, rebellion > and so on." > > > > http://www.gizmag.com/apple-iphone-os-4-adobe/14781/ > > http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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