Re: iLuaBox Now Available - Run Lua on Your iPad

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 23/10/2010 23:16, Wesley Smith wrote:
> Did you all somehow get an exception to Apple's rules?
>
> 3.3.2: An Application may not itself install or launch other
> executable code by any means, [...]

Wasn't these rules recently relaxed by Apple? I understood they allow now to run 
interpreted scripts as long as they are shipped with the application.
But the question remains indeed on such application where the user can type new code and 
run it (and shot in their foot if they want...). Well, if the application is accepted by 
Apple, it might be the sign they really have relaxed their rules (but is that for any 
application?).

BTW, as you probably know, Apple "deprecated" Java on the desktop Macs.
With a killing rule for the App Store:
"Apps that use deprecated or optionally installed technologies (e.g., Java, Rosetta) will 
be rejected"

I find this very disturbing. What is the definition of "technology" here? Is a Lua VM 
shipped with an application such "technology"? Arbitrary decisions seems to loom here.

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