[gambit-list] Gambit REPL iOS app

mikel evins mevins at me.com
Tue Mar 15 17:11:53 EDT 2011


On Mar 15, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Raffael Cavallaro wrote:

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> On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Marc Feeley wrote:
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>> Do you think the fact that you can "telnet" to Gambit REPL makes it objectionable with respect to the Apple license
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> I think this would be the problem if there were any. The success of Pixie Scheme makes it clear that Apple has no problem with a non-javascript interpreter that runs new code as long as that new code is entered by the user on the iOS device itself.

Then why ban Scratch?

> Apple seems to be wary of the possibility of a remote exploit. The fact that a malicious hacker could, in theory, telnet into a user's iOS device and execute arbitrary code on a wireless carrier's network is what Apple seem to be guarding against.
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> OTOH, they may have no problem with it at all.
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> Finally, I don't know whether making it paid rather than free would have an impact on acceptance, but I bet making it iAd supported would increase the likelihood of acceptance :^)

Your reasoning sounds sensible. That leads me to suspect that you have never worked for any length of time at Apple. A sure sign of the non-Apple veteran is overestimating the importance of plausible rationales, and underestimating the importance of bad moods and caprice.

--me




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