2009/10/23 Ronald Spengler ron.spengler@gmail.com:
Yeah Safari has it's own "fast javascript engine." It's treated me well, though I could see Google's money making v8 the king of the Hill for both browsers in the long run.
I grok the technical implications of what you gentlemen are saying. They're real. I wanted to diverge a bit though.
I don't think the technical issues come primarily from a real security perspective: I believe that the biggest barriers to many of the things we want to do (in particular, compile code on the device) stem from Apple's *desire for control of the distribution channel*.
+1 once one can compile own code on their devices, he won't need App Store since then :) And allowing or disallowing native execution for memory page has nothing to do with real security, this is just a myth.
John, I've been wondering: Is this the main reason I cannot purchase your Squeak VM on the App Store? I dig my wiki server, but I'd really really like to be able to Squeak on my phone without voiding the warranty.