Joshua Marinacci wrote: > You said the "first browser RIA plugin to be supported on the iPhone". > I'm saying that what they are doing won't make it happen. > > Yes, it's possible to build a pure Java app that you can install on > non-hacked iPhones. Like Mono it involves generating an ugly blob of > Objective C code which is then compiled using the native toolkit. You > are still essentially writing Objective C code and you must code > against the Cocoa apis, you are just doing it with a different language. > For the record, there is actually a project that lets you do that. I can't recall the name and the URL. > I'm not saying what they are doing is bad or not a good idea. The > ability to write OpenGL games for the iPhone in your preferred > language is awesome. I just don't want anyone to think we are minutes > away from viewing Flash, Sliverlight, or JavaFX enhanced webpages on > an iPhone. > > It will be interesting to see whether Larry has got more persuasion power on Jobs.
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