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Is it currently possible to compile Python and PyObjC for the iPhone such that AppStore applications can written in Python?

If not, is this a purely technical issue or a deliberate policy decision by Apple?

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no, apple strictly forbids running any kind of interpreter on iphone, and it is completely policy issue.

M. Utku ALTINKAYA
seems like you are not allowed to download new scripts to execute on the phone, but that you are well allowed to run an interpreter.
js
Yes I've heard that, Ruby interpreter embedded shiny cocos games seems to be approved by Apple in practice, but agreement is clear so there is a certain risk of application getting pulled.
M. Utku ALTINKAYA
+1  A: 

No: it's Apple's deliberate policy decision (no doubt with some technical underpinnings) to not support interpreters/runtimes on iPhone for most languages -- ObjC (and Javascript within Safari) is what Apple wants you to use, not Python, Java, Ruby, and so forth.

Alex Martelli