04-12-2010, 06:41 AM
Tulrin wrote:
It is a standard practice to decouple applications from APIs in order to reduce the risk of being tightly coupled to an API that is out of developer's control.
And when developers use cross-compilers to do so, they help themselves by easing cross-platform development while harming platforms and platform users by creating sub-optimal applications.
As a user, I don't give a damn about making a developer's life easier if it means that his application will work poorly on my chosen platform.
...the CPU claim has also been effectively disproved. Reliability and security "problems" have also been exaggerated or dismissed by both sides with the majority of the discussion being anecdotal.
To use a favorite Internet retort, I've got your proof and your anecdote right here...
(And frankly my own experience is what I value.)
Apple does not want any other company to define the framework for native iPhone applications. By allowing third-party meta-frameworks Apple runs the risk of one of them becoming the de facto development standard...Apple would lose control of their own platform
Bingo--fscking right it doesn't! So we agree then.