Re: Lisp on Nokia N810?

Chun Tian (binghe) wrote:

And what about Apple's iPhone? Is it possible to run a Lisp on it?

Certainly technically possible, but beware apple's "hilarious" iphone
SDK licensing terms (no idea how enforceable they are):
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/03/has-apple-banne.html

"""
An Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by
any means, including without limitation through the use of a plug-in
architecture, calling other frameworks, other APIs or otherwise. No
interpreted code may be downloaded and used in
an Application except for code that is interpreted and run by Apple's
Published APIs and built-in interpreter(s).
"""

So, well, I'm avoiding it. And I'm not falling for some reverse
psychology
but-the-license-prohibited-it-therefore-it's-my-moral-duty-to-do-it
thing either, especially not in this case: iphones are crap anyway (by
european & asian mobile market standards anyway, the USA... lags),
triumph of marketing rather than technology.


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