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I've asked their support folks whether they've plans to support mobile GUI too. I'm busy using Common Lisp to build a (hobbyist) home automation system and would love to develop mobile UIs in the same language ...


I have tested with the iOS Beta version while writing a 3D sports simulation game. I have missed these: a full object DB with a query language. Right now I use rucksack which serves my needs. Very productive to not have to deal with Core Data!!!

The other thing I miss is live edits, though using TCP sockets while having the device on the same network will work. But I don't know how to overcome iOS security restrictions which prevent compilation of new code.

Being able to write AI for a game and all game logic in CL is complete fun, as usual.


Their support folks got back to me - promptly - to say that a) they're still considering whether to provide GUI bindings, and b) that one can call the required Java APIs from Lisp, so GUIs wouldn't be too big a deal anyhow.




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