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Only if code is downloaded/side-loaded after the app is installed.

Racket code bundled with the app will be fine.

The gray area is if the app allows the user to create new Racket code.

nickmainon Show HN: Virtual breadboard in the browser, inspired by Ben Eater's 6502

Does not support Safari.

nickmainon Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad

Sign-in-with-Apple might be acceptable here, allowing the user to opt for an app-specific anonymous email. But the lack of explanation is baffling.

nickmainon Show HN: Python on iOS Native Apps

This [0] is an equivalent/tracking project. I would be very interested if it gains iOS support.

[0] https://github.com/pvieito/PythonKit

nickmainon Show HN: Python on iOS Native Apps

As long as there is no downloading, side-loading or user editing of python code in the app then Apple doesn't care.

There are limited exceptions for apps that teach programming, such as Pythonista.

nickmainon Racket is 25

I've used Racket for many prototype languages and tools and love its facilities and philosophy. The thing that always gives me pause when considering it for a new project is that it has no robust mobile or client-side web story.

If the tool lives on beyond prototype then I have to rewrite it in a native language or restrict it to the subset of Scheme that can run in Gambit on iOS.

I really hope that Racket can evolve and adapt to a world where more computing and even development is going to happen on mobile and web.

nickmainon Build Your Own WebAssembly Compiler

JavaScriptCore and JS running in a web page using WKWebView are both running in the same app process and do not support WASM since they cannot generate code (cannot write to executable memory pages).

SFSafariViewController does support WASM by executing in a separate more privileged process but interaction with the app is very limited.

nickmainon Racket Is an Acceptable Python

Python runs on iOS, Racket does not. The need for a JIT to make Racket performant also makes it unlikely that it ever will.

nickmainon SwiftWasm: Run Swift in Browsers

Unfortunately WASM on iOS could only be interpreted, not JITed, due to protected memory.

Also WASM works in Mobile Safari and SFSafariViewController, but not in WKWebView - which limits its interaction with an app.

nickmainon The rise of alternative milks

Gluten is also inflammatory for Hashimoto's

nickmainon Creating Languages in Racket (2012)

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3225718

nickmainon Coding on an iPad Pro in 2019

Codea [0] provides a nice Lua development sandbox and will export projects that can be turned into standalone apps via Xcode.

It is geared towards game development and is currently somewhat locked down with respect to importing/exporting, compared to Pythonista. It does play well with Working Copy [1] though.

[0] https://codea.io

[1] https://workingcopyapp.com

nickmainon Blender 2.8

Is anyone else worried about about the future of Blender on macOS with the deprecation of OpenGL in favor of Metal ?

This thread offers some hope, but there is still no definitive roadmap: https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2018-Decem...

nickmainon LispKit: framework for Lisp-based extension/scripting languages for macOS apps

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17017975

nickmainon Reactive Relational Programming with PLRelational

The big news here is that Voodoopad isn't dead.

nickmainon PureScript

Does anyone have experience with the C++ backend ?

https://github.com/pure11/pure11

nickmainon Keyframes: Delivering scalable, high-quality animations to mobile clients

Related - YouI.tv is a commercial product that exports animations and assets from AfterEffects in order to build whole apps: http://www.youi.tv/youi-engine/

nickmainon Apple launches coding camps for kids in its retail stores

Pythonista cannot open code from other apps so all code has to originate in the app (other than copy-paste).

Swift Playgrounds can round-trip with XCode.

nickmainon Amzi Prolog becomes open source

I think the downloads are v9 which is still a commercial product.

  The very stable 9.x release of the software will remain as a supported commercial version.

nickmainon Redex: an Android bytecode optimizer developed by Facebook

Unfortunate name collision: https://redex.racket-lang.org

nickmainon TextExpander 6 or How Not to Launch Your SaaS

This caused me to investigate the native text substitution on OS X and I found it that it is actually OK for most basic needs.

nickmainon A Python implementation for Racket

Previous discussion about the paper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11358471

nickmainon Implementing Python for DrRacket (2014) [pdf]

The source code ? https://github.com/pedropramos/PyonR

nickmainon Why AlphaGo Matters

All the images are 404

nickmainon HaxeDevelop: A Haxe IDE on Windows

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition has a decent Haxe plugin.

nickmainon Avian: a lightweight alternative to Java that runs on iOS and Android

How does it JIT on iOS given that normal apps cannot write to executable memory ?

nickmainon J-Bob – The proof assistant from “The Little Prover”

I have the book but haven't opened it yet. Can someone who has comment on whether the proof assistant is tightly integrated with Scheme or whether it might be possible to implement it in another language such as Clojure ?

nickmainon How to Write a Rust Syntax Extension

Haxe has a full AST available to its macros.