Gruber just post a more studied view of Apple's latest ruling (the infamous Section 331) which we have been discussing in this thread:
http://daringfireball.net/2010/04/why_apple_changed_section_331 I anticipate this latest change to the "rules" will generate quite fierce debate among all concerned--which includes those of us who have bought into revMobile. Best, Jerry Daniels Use tRev's buy link during your free trial to get 20% off: http://reveditor.com/tag/shouldiswitch On Apr 8, 2010, at 7:34 PM, Jerry Daniels <jerry.dani...@me.com> wrote: > This link is interesting: > > http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1250946 > > In the post referenced above, the multi-platform aspect of pre-compilers is > called out as one of the main reasons for the new rule. This is worth a read > and from one of the foremost finders of software developers which these days > means iPhone and iPad. > > The crew in Scotland are usually very conservative in their approach in most > matters. So, would be surprised if they've painted themselves into a corner. > > As far as "the team" being way ahead of us...this late breaking news. It's > not a question of lack of technical chops or foresight. > > Best, > > Jerry Daniels > > Use tRev's buy link during your free trial to get 20% off: > http://reveditor.com/tag/shouldiswitch > > On Apr 8, 2010, at 7:05 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > >> Jerry Daniels wrote: >>> I have trouble believing that a pre compiler is a problem. Any >>> framework is essentially the same thing. RevMobile doesn't actually >>> compile anything as far as I can tell. It creates a file(s) to be >>> compiled by Objective-C, yes? >> >> Yeah. Nobody panic. As far as I can tell, the rules haven't changed much, >> the team is aware of the limitations, and RevMobile doesn't break them. >> There is no interpreted layer in a built RevMobile app; Rev scripts go >> directly from RevTalk to binary. We have limitations on using "interpreted" >> commands in our scripts, and they won't be accepted -- i.e., we can't use >> do, value, or any parameters that aren't already evaluated before they're >> sent (see the revmobile docs about that. It's not as bad as it sounds.) >> >> Kevin may have more to say about it, but I think the team is way ahead of >> you guys. ;) >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
