Re: Goodbye Lua on iPhone?

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@...>]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 15:55, steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy
> <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>> It seems that Mr. Jobs argues that "intermediate layers between the
>> platform and the developer ultimately produces sub-standard apps and
>> hinders the progress of the platform."

> Here's a thought experiment. Say there was a translation tool that
> would take a Lua + framework program and output reasonable Objective-C
> code, which is then compiled by the Authorized Toolchain.  It would
> not be possible to detect the difference, without an actual source
> code review.  (Of course, to make this a useful idea there would have
> to be an equivalent interpreter/emulator chain for development,
> otherwise this is an exercise in technical masochism.)

> So  what would 3.3.1 say to that, given that the results have no
> distinguishing binary signature to indicate that this is not
> 'originally' an Objective-C program?

Thought experiments are cool unless you tie money and time to them.

It is fine for one programmer — one artist kind of developers.

Once you tie in more money, you can't risk walking a minefield.

Alexander.