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Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> The reason apple blocks programming languages [...]

These days most significant security holes depend on Javascript. If
Apple were to make a stand and pick a language to ban, I wish it had
been Javascript. It would have saved battery power, it would have made
the Iphone more secure, and it would have been a valuable public service.


-kb, the Kent who mostly doesn't let Javascript run.








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