Re: Woz calls for a more open apple

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:48:22 UTC+10, Michael J. Mahon  wrote:
> 
>> I'm sure Woz would like that, but I don't think that's what he said. He'd
>> be happy just to be able to program an iPad *on* the iPad. 
>> 
>> Come to think of it, so would I. 
>> 
>> Not full-blown Objective C, but much simpler "glue" scripting that would
>> allow new apps based on existing apps. 
>> 
>> Apple's corporate allergy to user programming is, I'm pretty sure, a
>> consequence of Jobs' inability to program. 
> 
> I think it's more that they want you to buy a Macintosh to use as the
> development platform. The fact that the development toolchain won't run
> anywhere else is about the only thing that's really 'closed' about the
> iOS devices IMO, at least compared to the competition.

Hi, Matt!

I was just wishing for a little scripting, not a full-blown development
environment. The user should be able to do some customization and creation
without having to be a guru. 

Even a sort of macro language would be better than nothing. Of course, I'd
really like iBASIC. ;-)

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon