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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by ellis0n on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @10:51AM (#22181808)
Xcode is too expense for iPad by minimal hardware requirements.

Animation CPU should be good for dev apps too

https://twitter.com/acpustudio

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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by s5l8900xrb on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @11:07AM (#22182005)
What a strange mindset. I’ve used compilers on the original iPhone itself. My main computer is a core 2 duo MacBook from 09 and the latest Xcode runs fine
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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by ellis0n on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @11:39AM (#22182480)
I tried XCode on iPad via remote desktop several years ago. UI is unusable on iPad, too small elements, please check screenshot:

https://acpul.tumblr.com/image/116464494150

About hardware, I used multiple configurations from Snow Leopard and XCode grows to godzilla while years. Xcode eat all free space on my Macbook Pro'18 256G and can crash randomly, lost iPad connection, etc. I don't want to see this on my iPad. I have mac for XCode.

PS: In same words, mac for more serious work, iPad for more creative and less serious work.

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