>> [ It would be interesting to see though if it's possible >> to mix the official XCode / iPad SDK Objective-C world >> with Harbour to create real and officially accepted >> applications. (and it still remains a question what >> real benefit does it give to be able to use Harbour >> in such scenario) ] > > Objective-C and C code can be freely mixed. I have already done it in > Mac OSX and in the iphone. I manage Cocoa from OSX using Harbour and > also used the GUI from Harbour in the iphone. So I guess I may be able > to use the ipad GUI from Harbour too. Next step (just for fun) :-) > > But due to recent (and very much commented) Apple modifications to its > licence, it is not allowed to use any code "translator". They only > allow to use their development tools. So we can't use Harbour to build > "offcial" applications. This can only be used for private and personal > use (I guess). Anyhow it seems as both in USA and Europe, legal > investigation has started to proceed against Apple for monopolistic > practices regarding this issue, but it will require a long time before > this could force Apple to modify its licence (Novell, Adobe, and many > others (us too) are very much affected cause this Apple licence > change). > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/apples-new-iphone-restrictions-and-the-5-stages-of-grief/1904
Yes. So ObjC, C are fine if they you use documented Apple APIs. For Harbour the problem is "intermediary translation" layer, which is inevitable if we want .prg code to do anything on an iPhone device. Viktor _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
