One great benefit of a J nto JS transcription over server(s) is the hoping into the sandbox, use j anywhere/when. Its presence would be ubiquitous.
~greg krsnadas.org -- from Jim Russell <[email protected]> to General forum <[email protected]> date 23 August 2010 14:14 subject Re: [Jgeneral] J on mobile platforms Yes indeed! I have the beta, and have played with it a bit on my MacBook. I'm not sure I will ever be able to enter J expressions from my iPhone keyboard, even if I could remember more than 5% of the primitives. But it might be fun to try. I did have J installed on an old Dell windows mobile device, but never did write that killer app... -- On Aug 23, 2010, at 4:41 PM, "Dan Bron" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim Russell wrote: >> But a JavaScript interface to a J web server?? > Merry Christmas! It's coming. Search for JHS in the Forum archives (last > couple months). -- from Raul Miller <[email protected]> reply-to General forum <[email protected]> to General forum <[email protected]> date 23 August 2010 13:58 subject Re: [Jgeneral] J on mobile platforms On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Jim Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > One exception to this restriction, of course, is JavaScript. I believe the rules are a bit subtle in this case, but one important distinction with javascript was that when the user writes their own javascript it does not get stored locally on the apple device. That said, it's been a number of months since I last cared about this issue. Raul -- from Jim Russell <[email protected]> to General forum <[email protected]> date 23 August 2010 13:35 subject Re: [Jgeneral] J on mobile platforms But JavaScript an Java are unrelated, except by name. Not that I would expect a JavaScript implementation of the J engine to provide acceptable performance. But a JavaScript interface to a J web server?? On Aug 23, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > I would suspect that if such an implementation of J in JavaScript were made > Apple would modify their implementation of JavaScript so J would not work. > But from what I have seen of Java, the performance would be awful. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: >> I wrote: >>> Presently, Apple forbids i-apps that permit programming >> Jim Russell pointed out: >>> One exception to this restriction, of course, >> is JavaScript. Yes, hence Eric's note on JHS as a potentially comprehensive solution. >> Of course, we have discussed a J interpreter written in JavaScript before. >> If we wrote one and it was efficient enough to deploy on a handheld device, >> it would allow J programming on iPads even when disconnected from the >> internet. -Dan -- from Jim Russell <[email protected]> to General forum <[email protected]> date 23 August 2010 06:21 subject Re: [Jgeneral] J on mobile platforms One exception to this restriction, of course, is JavaScript. -- On Aug 23, 2010, at 7:39 AM, "Dan Bron" <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark D. Niemiec wrote: >> Is J supported on mobile platforms, specifically iPhone/iPad/iPod touch > Presently, Apple forbids i-apps that permit programming (I presume because > allowing arbitrary programs to run on the OS would create a loophole in their > business model). >> and Android [...] if not, is such support forseen in the near future? > I think this is possible in theory, but in practice, Eric just said (in [1]): >> My current feeling is that using such devices as browsers to a J server >> makes more sense than porting and running J locally. [...] > -Dan > [1] Eric's take on ports to handhelds: > http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2010-August/033772.html -- from Mark Niemiec <[email protected]> to [email protected] date 23 August 2010 03:29 subject [Jgeneral] J on mobile platforms Is J supported on mobile platforms, specifically iPhone/iPad/iPod touch and Android, or if not, is such support forseen in the near future? -- Mark D. Niemiec <[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
