Scratch

Nuttlajer wrote:

Somebody probably already explained this, but why was the app removed?

It violated the policy that an app cannot run code.

lemonpretzel wrote:

Nuttlajer wrote:

Somebody probably already explained this, but why was the app removed?

It violated the policy that an app cannot run code.

I thought it had to do with the TOS

I may be gettin' an ipod touch 4 me birthday so that's a brilliant idea 4 the ipod touch! Thinkin' of other people as well!

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Will you link? 

jazman, can you please share the scratch iphone app on weebly???
i wanna HAVE IT!!!
xD
thanks

Hey, Scratch development team --

Marc Feeley has succeeded in getting Gambit Scheme released as an iPhone app, complete with a REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop), which is a counterexample to the statement that you can't get a scripting language released on the iPhone (unless the iTunes app store folks were just asleep :-)  Look for "Gambit REPL" in the app store.

Can you folks pull the same trick for Scratch?

Mike
Palo Alto, CA

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I think you should either
1) Change the topic to something like "iPhone App (Removed from App Store)"
or
2) Lock this topic

I might get an ipod touch for my birthday so if I do, I will totally load it on there!

brettman98 wrote:

SuperYoshiluver13 wrote:

I might get an ipod touch for my birthday so if I do, I will totally load it on there!

*facepalm* someone needs to close this topic, because there is no app anymore.

Actually, there is still. You just need a jailbroken iDevice and coughinstallulouscough. Or better yet, make a point and click game, get an Android, and play it on there.

I wanted an ipod touch for my birthday. My dad said http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/files/legacy/archives/smiley-face.jpgmaybe.

I think it is disgusting that Apple have a clause that says no other interpreters but theirs can be used on the IPAD/IPhone. Using an efficient interpreter is a perfectly legitimate way to program (and I think it may be the best and most flexible).

Here is a quote from Donald Knuth professor Emeritus of the Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University:-

"There is another way to look at a program written in interpretative language. It may be regarded as a series of subroutine calls, one after another. Such a program may in fact be expanded into a long sequence of calls on subroutines, and, conversely, such a sequence can usually be packed into a coded form that is readily interpreted. The advantage of interpretive techniques are the compactness of representation, the machine independence, and the increased diagnostic capability. An interpreter can often be written so that the amount of time spent in interpretation of the code itself and branching to the appropriate routine is negligible"
     
In effect, Apple are blocking a perfectly sound programming technique that would allow non-programmers to write Apps. Imagine the furore if Microsoft withdrew EXCEL to prevent accountants doing their own statistics ! The analogy is extremely close.

There are alot of apps that shouldn't be in the app store then xD It's quite annoying to see all these innapropriate iPhone apps get in the app store, and this, of all things, gets removed