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
2009-08-26 23:18:54
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
2009-11-22 22:49:45
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
2009-11-28 02:10:51
+1
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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
2009-08-26 23:20:56