Apple Eases Up on Restrictions on Interpreted Code in iPhone Developer Agreement

[mdriftmeyer]

What article?

Ruby blocks are just Procs (or procedures) BTW.

I think what you're trying to do would've been better to reproduce in C, not Objective-C. Or a mixture of TypeDef or structs. I really do suggest you look up the definition of cargo cult programming. You're dissing a language because it doesn't do what you want to do. So? Neither does C# or VB, but you don't see me trolling around a .Net forum?

Maybe I should start dissing Ruby because it has shoddy ORM schemes? Or that it doesn't have decent integration with OpenGL? Or that it takes the Relational out of Relational databases?

Please stop this drivel.

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I'm sorry Objective-C is still at 2.0.

Foundation and Cocoa is not Objective-C, they're not a language. You're wrong again. Even then, blocks is implimented in the LLVM virtual machine/runtime, not the language.

EDIT: Still errors

Wrong: It's implemented in Clang

Source: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/BlockLanguageSpec.txt

The Block Type

A new derived type is introduced to C and, by extension, Objective-C, C++, and Objective-C++. Like function types, the Block type is a pair consisting of a result value type and a list of parameter types very similar to a function type. Blocks are intended to be used much like functions with the key distinction being that in addition to executable code they also contain various variable bindings to automatic (stack) or managed (heap) memory.

 

[*LTD*]

Don't bet on it. This month's SDK change leaves such things at Apple's sole discretion, and Steve still has a problem with Flash.

Besides, even if an app is approved for the App Store that's no guarantee it'll stay there:

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/06/01/1937204/Apple-Blindsides-More-AppStore-Developers

And yet the hordes of developers flocking to Apple's platform renders the enormity of these issues almost moot. They're there, but they're not nearly as problematic as you'd like them to be.

Keep reaching, though.

 

[robotmonkey]

this has been the newest news for wayyyy to long

 

[KnightWRX]

Is it or me or is it blatantly obvious by now that MorphingDragon has absolutely NO idea what he's talking about? He can't even do something as simple as compile a program - LOL.

Not to mention his argument has been debunked a thousand times. Obviously he has never coded in his entire life.

MorphingDragon is a web developer. I won't make excuses for him trying to get in the ring about something he obviously has no clue about, but you're taking it a notch too far.

It's not because some guy doesn't know every intricate little detail about 1 language that he has never coded before.

 

[AppleFan1984]

And yet the hordes of developers flocking to Apple's platform renders the enormity of these issues almost moot. They're there, but they're not nearly as problematic as you'd like them to be.

Keep reaching, though.

Go ahead and derive amusement from the financial losses of Apple developers caught by Apple's unexpected and undocumented criteria for yanking apps.

I hope others are kinder to you.

Peace.

 

[PeterQVenkman]

Good to hear that talented Flash devs will finally be able to create/distribute iPhone/iPad apps at the appstore.

I highly doubt that Flash apps will be allowed. Even the Unity developers are still unsure about this. I would still hesitate to develop for an Apple platform using Unity or Torque at this point.

 

[Sasha Trice]

this has been the newest news for wayyyy to long

agreed.

 

[iWonderwhy]

this has been the newest news for wayyyy to long

Because they generally seem to take breaks on weekends.

 

[parapup]

this has been the newest news for wayyyy to long

The next story is going to be titled "Apple to control the distribution of rumors related to Macs, iPods/iPhones/iPads". It will be followed by the story - Apple is opening a new iRumorStore where all Mac Rumor Sites will submit their daily rumor articles. Armed with a very strict and "quality oriented" guidelines, iRumorStore approvers appointed by Apple will work hard to bring you the best possible rumors. Apple's trademark and licensing agreement has been updated to reflect the restrictions for using any content relating to Apple's trademarks without the due process of iRumorStore.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs explained the motive behind this new move at the P conference - "We are amazed by the potential of bringing the same manners, ethics, speed and quality that App Store provides - now to Apple Rumor Sites. We want rumor sites to make money - and so we invite them to submit their daily rumor mill - they will get to keep 70% of the money. Apple will invest the rest in administrative costs and employing more approvers."

When asked about the plans to extend the success of the App Store to the forums on rumor sites so as to help people write and read only "insanely great" posts - he said he unfortunately cannot comment on future product details.

 

[iEdd]

lol, page 1 would be filled with fart rumours and page 2 would be about how the rumour of VLC was rejected because there's no such thing as non-apple media players.

 

[plazmatyk]

Slow news weekend, huh

 

[robotmonkey]

The next story is going to be titled "Apple to control the distribution of rumors related to Macs, iPods/iPhones/iPads". It will be followed by the story - Apple is opening a new iRumorStore where all Mac Rumor Sites will submit their daily rumor articles. Armed with a very strict and "quality oriented" guidelines, iRumorStore approvers appointed by Apple will work hard to bring you the best possible rumors. Apple's trademark and licensing agreement has been updated to reflect the restrictions for using any content relating to Apple's trademarks without the due process of iRumorStore.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs explained the motive behind this new move at the P conference - "We are amazed by the potential of bringing the same manners, ethics, speed and quality that App Store provides - now to Apple Rumor Sites. We want rumor sites to make money - and so we invite them to submit their daily rumor mill - they will get to keep 70% of the money. Apple will invest the rest in administrative costs and employing more approvers."

When asked about the plans to extend the success of the App Store to the forums on rumor sites so as to help people write and read only "insanely great" posts - he said he unfortunately cannot comment on future product details.

YES!!!

 

[macsmurf]

The next story is going to be titled "Apple to control the distribution of rumors related to Macs, iPods/iPhones/iPads". It will be followed by the story - Apple is opening a new iRumorStore where all Mac Rumor Sites will submit their daily rumor articles. Armed with a very strict and "quality oriented" guidelines, iRumorStore approvers appointed by Apple will work hard to bring you the best possible rumors. Apple's trademark and licensing agreement has been updated to reflect the restrictions for using any content relating to Apple's trademarks without the due process of iRumorStore.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs explained the motive behind this new move at the P conference - "We are amazed by the potential of bringing the same manners, ethics, speed and quality that App Store provides - now to Apple Rumor Sites. We want rumor sites to make money - and so we invite them to submit their daily rumor mill - they will get to keep 70% of the money. Apple will invest the rest in administrative costs and employing more approvers."

When asked about the plans to extend the success of the App Store to the forums on rumor sites so as to help people write and read only "insanely great" posts - he said he unfortunately cannot comment on future product details.

I can see movie now - An iBorg is sent back from the future to prevent the spawning of Gizmodo. "The Moderator | Brought to you by Disney".

 

[peteypete]

Yes. LOL.

And yes, HTML 5 is the future. It would have been the future regardless of Flash, because Flash is a plugin that is loaded from HTML elements. The entire web essentially is HTML, and HTML5 just defines the next step. Most of the stuff you see that is "HTML 5" is actually due largely part to Javascript. That HTML 5 Quake is heavy on Javascript. It would not exist without Javascript. And if you can do it in Javascript, you can bet you can do it in ActionScript (which is Flash's scripting language).

Here's just one example..

http://www.silvergames.com/game/quake-flash/

 

[igirlca]

You should use what’s best for you, so best of luck in Android land! But I’d research further, I’d try out iOS4 and iPhone 4, and I’d investigate battery life on Android phones. There’s a lot of misinformation going around about Apple, Apple policies, and iOS vs. Android issues. Just be sure you have the real facts, and not Google’s corporate talking points (which the “open” community loves to parrot, even though ultimately Apple supports many of their goals even better than Google). I have more friends using Android phones than iPhones, and they have no END of aggravation. (It really seems a lot like PC vs. Mac in that regard.) Really simple stuff that “just works” for me is a pain for them. Meanwhile, their “open” system gives them LESS choice of apps, not more—and when/if they gain Flash (the one thing my iPhone won’t ever have), it won’t work well, and I won’t be jealous. I’ll be using non-Flash alternatives to those same apps, and my battery won’t be draining away! True, they may have Hulu (performing badly and killing the battery) while I have to wait for some future Hulu apps. But what does that really mean? That neither of us has USABLE, practical Hulu yet. (Or whatever fill-in-the-blank Flash-only service, of which there are fewer and fewer.)

well i went ahead and got the nexus one. and i gotta say, i think every point you made about android is horrifically inaccurate. i'm using flash and watching hulu and pulling 2+ days from my battery. in fact, i haven't even hooked this thing up to a computer yet and all my apps/music/contacts/files have been sync'd remotely. that isn't possible on the iphone. actually, every single aspect of this phone is easier to use than apples because i can literally customize anything on it. if i don't like the sms app i can download a new one, same goes for emails, cameras, ANYTHING.

don't think i'll ever be going back. easily the best device i've ever owned. as for your comments on flash... well flash works fantastically and it gets updated every week, theres not even a final build and it's still in beta, but it's tremendous as of today.

i'd be really curious to see what 'simple' stuff for you is 'difficult' on android, because i really think thats just a justification for you. you talked about googles propaganda but all you preached was apples. apple shoves the 'android is for porn, android is hard to use, android is fragmented' b.s. down their customers throat.

north korea does stuff like this too, america is poor, we're rich, blah blah blah. seems pretty similar if you ask me. thanks for wasting my time with what you tried to make sound like a fair and balanced comment when it was really just more fanboy nonsense.

 

[iEdd]

Congratulations..?