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A comment on Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge by eonil on Friday November 22, 2013 @11:03AM (#6781522)
Check out Apportable.

And proprietary doesn't mean narrowly used. Also open doesn't mean widely used. Bringing Cocoa was a good trial, but doesn't make the text correct.

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Re:Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge by lambda on Friday November 22, 2013 @12:09PM (#6782052)
Well, when people talk about ObjC development on Mac and iOS platforms, they generally mean ObjC plus Cocoa or Cocoa Touch.

It's true that ObjC itself isn't what's proprietary, but Cocoa and Cocoa Touch are.

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Re:Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge by randomdata on Friday November 22, 2013 @12:29PM (#6782201)
I suppose it is fair to say Objective-C plus Cocoa Touch is proprietary, but why is Javascript plus Cocoa Touch not proprietary in the same context?
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Re:Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge by lambda on Friday November 22, 2013 @01:14PM (#6782561)
You're absolutely right, I had forgotten that that was the original argument.
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Re:Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge by bananacurve on Friday November 22, 2013 @11:12AM (#6781604)
No it does not make the text correct, people often conflate ObjC and Cocoa. Thanks for mentioning Apportable.
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