In article <1106387393.875668.244510 / f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
cyberco <cyberco / gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've been doing a lot of work with Java J2ME and one thing that bars
>real innovation is waiting for new API's that open up the phones
>functionality. And if these API are finally released it takes years
>before they are sufficiently spread to build applications with them.
>NOKIA realized this and started to port PYTHON to Symbian (a popular OS
>for mobile terminals). This allows programmers to easily access the
>phones native functionality. Unfortunately this is still a project in
>its pre-alpha state.
>
>But maybe that's fortunate for the Ruby community. Wouldn't it be great
>if Ruby was ported to mobile (aka limited) terminals as well? That
>would make it more fun to develop for mobile phones and, more
>important, it opens up a very big and lucrative market for Ruby
>developers! Ruby could really shine in this area. It could really boost
>Ruby's popularity.
>

Maybe I'm missing something, but I just can't imagine trying to type in 
Python code into something with a small display like a mobile phone.  
Imagine keeping track of the indentation ;-)
(OK, I suspect they type the Python code on a regular PC/Mac type machine 
and then download it to the phone, but still...)


Ruby would seem to be a nice fit for this application.

Phil