Download and Run Stacks - Can Do On Mobile?

[Walt Brown]

Check out Novocard. It says it is HC like, and allows keeping and sharing
stacks in the cloud, and runs on iOS.
Walt

On Saturday, September 13, 2014, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
wrote:

> Brahmanathswami wrote:
>
> > I remember being "blown away" years ago in the late 90's when Scott
> > Raney had a little demo of
> >
> > go stack url "http://somedomain.com/somestack.mc"
> >
> > and it downloaded and ran the stack.
> ...
> > But, can we do this on Mobile?  can the app on your iPhone download
> > and run stacks?  I think not... What about Android?  Probably not
> > also... security constraints....
>
> For the last several months a majority of the projects I manage are
> client-server apps that rely on downloaded stacks, so the server's not just
> deploying data, but the code and UI too.  Tons of fun for all - clients
> love seeing new features roll out without every having to install anything
> new.
>
> This type of distribution is technically sound on all platforms, and
> allowed on all but one:  iOS' SDK license explicitly forbids apps that
> download executable code.
>
> Apple may change their mind in the future, but for now this is something
> we can enjoy on all other devices on the planet, but we must make our iOS
> customers wait for a larger, more complicated complete install.
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Systems
>  Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web
>  ____________________________________________________________
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