From: drscrypt on
With the recent announcement of iPad, I was wondering if Tcl can be (has
been?) used on Apple's iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc. Has anyone done
anything like this? Is it a supported language on these products?


DrS
From: Bryan Oakley on
On Jan 29, 11:22 am, drscr...(a)gmail.com wrote:
> With the recent announcement of iPad, I was wondering if Tcl can be (has
> been?) used on Apple's iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc.  Has anyone done
> anything like this?  Is it a supported language on these products?
>
> DrS

I don't believe Apple permits any scripting language to run on the
iphone, ipod or ipad. They want to tightly control the way
applications are written for those devices.

From: Larry W. Virden on
On Jan 29, 1:23 pm, Bryan Oakley <oak...(a)bardo.clearlight.com> wrote:
> I don't believe Apple permits any scripting language to run on the
> iphone, ipod or ipad. They want to tightly control the way
> applications are written for those devices.

On the other hand,
http://modmyi.com/forums/native-iphone-ipod-touch-app-launches/27850-lua-scripting-language-iphone-ipod-touch.html
says that the poster has ported Lua to the ipod/itouch environment.
Perhaps this would provide a user with some tips on what to do?

From: drscrypt on
Larry W. Virden wrote:
> On Jan 29, 1:23 pm, Bryan Oakley <oak...(a)bardo.clearlight.com> wrote:
>> I don't believe Apple permits any scripting language to run on the
>> iphone, ipod or ipad. They want to tightly control the way
>> applications are written for those devices.


I suspected so, given how everything is controlled on these products -
even extending to only official Apple peripherals.


> On the other hand,
> http://modmyi.com/forums/native-iphone-ipod-touch-app-launches/27850-lua-scripting-language-iphone-ipod-touch.html
> says that the poster has ported Lua to the ipod/itouch environment.
> Perhaps this would provide a user with some tips on what to do?
>


I wonder if such an app developed in Lua can be integrated with Tcl.
When compiling these iPhone apps, is it be possible to add in extra
libraries? Then interesting possibilities could open up.


DrS

From: Jeff Hobbs on
On Jan 29, 10:38 am, "Larry W. Virden" <lvir...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 29, 1:23 pm, Bryan Oakley <oak...(a)bardo.clearlight.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't believe Apple permits any scripting language to run on the
> > iphone, ipod or ipad. They want to tightly control the way
> > applications are written for those devices.
>
> On the other hand,http://modmyi.com/forums/native-iphone-ipod-touch-app-launches/27850-...
> says that the poster has ported Lua to the ipod/itouch environment.
> Perhaps this would provide a user with some tips on what to do?

It has nothing to do with technical issues. The port at the Tcl level
is trivial (Tk would be quite interesting OTOH), but you are legally
not allowed to ship it. You can find some of these available for
unlocked iphones (I may have seen such, not that I would ever unlock a
device or void my warranty ...).

Jeff