[oh_sigh]

Perhaps it will now that third party app stores will be force onto apple. Granted, you still won't be able to jailbreak your iphone by just typing in the root password, but you will probably be able to install compilers and interpreters onto an iphone by 2024.

[gumby]

> ...but you will probably be able to install compilers and interpreters onto an iphone by 2024.

If you live in the EU.

I look forward to Emacs on the ipad.

[fragmede]

There's already a ymacs port in the App store.

[fragmede]

Compilers and interpreters have been allowed for a while now (with some caveats). Pythonista is an iOS Python IDE that lets you write apps on your iPhone.