If we can get to the point of EMULATING a whole-@$$ computer on the device, maybe, just maybe, that device was slightly capable of running a compiler a looooooooooooooooong time ago.

There are compilers on the App Store, e.g. https://holzschu.github.io/a-Shell_iOS/ — however it’s compiling to WebAssembly and then running that, but the compiler is still native...

As said in another reply thread[0], I booted Windows 95 on a first gen ipad almost a decade ago using bochs, hence the sarcasm re: Xcode finally being the proverbial straw for GP.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23579974

But to run a compiler you’d have to be able to see files, and as we all know, Apple-customers find things like that very, very scary.

Edit: I’m sarcastically referring to Apple’s original justification for not making files a concept on iOS, and thus I’m mocking Apple’s condescending judgement of its own users, not the actual users themselves. I thought that much would be obvious.

It might benefit you to highlight your sarcasm. This will help when readers of your comment aren’t native English speakers, or when your sarcasm is sub par.

Something like:

That was a solid whoosh. Good one. You really got me there. /s

I am an “Apple customer” and I don’t find that very, very scary.