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Re:Mobile Changes Everything by omouse on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @10:27AM (#9764821)
You're correct and this may be why we see all of these people who say "I have a great app/website idea!" and then do nothing or look for developers to implement their idea. If the barrier to entry is lower there would be more people trying to implement their idea.

It's not enough to have a compiler, we need a simpler scripting language as well so anyone can create throwaway web apps. We need a Tcl or Perl for Android and iOS.

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Re:Mobile Changes Everything by fit2rule on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @02:33PM (#9766691)
These tools are out there. We need to make it unacceptable that they are not included. The only way to do that is innovate on the open-source/free- operating system front. For as long as "major producers" set the standards, we will be in their traps.
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Re:Mobile Changes Everything by blacksqr on Thursday June 25, 2015 @03:40PM (#9780428)
Tcl/Tk for Android exists and works great.

http://www.androwish.org

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Re:Mobile Changes Everything by s73v3r on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:28AM (#9765271)
No, we see that because those people want to be rich, but not actually have to work. Seriously, the barrier to entry is stupid low, and yet they're not clammoring to implement their own idea. Why?
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