Re: lua on iphone/itouch?

[Yuri Takhteyev <yuri@...>]

> Jailbreak it, baby ;-)

Someone showed me a jail-broken iPhone running Lua command line app.
Not sure where they got it, this looks like one possible place:

http://apple.qj.net/Lua-v5-1-3-for-iPhone-iPod-enable-Lua-on-your-iPhone-or-iPod-Touch/pg/49/aid/112780

- yuri

>
> But where the App Store is concerned, you would not likely want (nor profit
> much) from what it's excluding anyway, I would imagine.
>
> It surely doesn't stop you from using Lua in your application.
>
> /me needs a Mac to write iPhone Apps ;-)
>
> Phoenix Sol
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Alex Queiroz <asandroq@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hallo,
>>
>> On 6/22/09, Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@gmx.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >  An interesting part is the extract of the SDK agreement:
>> >
>> >  [...] we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App
>> > Store because it violates the iPhone SDK Agreement; "3.3.2 An
>> > Application
>> > may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means,
>> > including without limitation through the use of a plug-in architecture,
>> > calling other frameworks, other APIs or otherwise. No interpreted code
>> > may
>> > be downloaded and used in an Application except for code that is
>> > interpreted
>> > and run by Apple's Published APIs and built-in interpreter(s)."
>> >
>> >  I immediately thought: wow, it excludes Lua and lot of other stuff.
>> >  Maybe you can do your hack, but it excludes you from the App Store, the
>> > big
>> > window that would let your application to get fame and money...
>> >
>>
>>     What this means is that an application cannot download
>> interpreted code to run, it does not prohibit interpreted code already
>> shipped with the application.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --
>> -alex
>> http://www.ventonegro.org/
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