Mono coming to the iPhone | Linux Today

Mono coming to the iPhone

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 4, 2009

“Apple requires that developers not introduce just-in-time
engines or scripting, to reduced exposure to malware; because of
this there are few alternative languages for developing native
applications on the iPhone without using Apple’s Objective-C tools
on Mac OS X. The Mono developers have avoided the Apple
restrictions by creating a static compiler which converts .NET
executables and libraries into native code.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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