On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 at 08:36AM -0700, Carl Witty wrote: > Android uses a Linux kernel, but does not include many of the programs > and libraries that you would typically see on a Linux system. > > A port of Sage to the Android SDK/NDK (that would bundle the whole > thing into a .apk) would be a lot of work; I'm not sure it's possible > at all. > > On the other hand, if you manage to install a real Linux userspace > (all of those standard programs and libraries) on your Android device, > then you have a (probably ARM-based) Linux distribution, at which > point you're just interested in a port of Sage to ARM. That's well > within the realm of feasibility.
Since iP* (am I allowed to use that to refer to the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad? :) use ARM-based chips (right?), that would be very nice. Also, this is the point where David Kirkby chimes in and reminds us that ports to new operating systems and chip architectures help discover subtle and hidden bugs. (Although perhaps for right now, we should put most of our energy into Solaris, Windows, and FreeBSD.) Dan -- --- Dan Drake ----- http://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/~drake -------
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