Re: [Chicken-users] Building Chicken Scheme for Android

[Christian Kellermann]

Hi Alan,

* Alan Post <address@hidden> [121001 16:15]:
> Off topic, but I've played with several mobile devices and none of
> them have ever really 'stuck.'  I wind up back on my laptop happier
> than I was when I wandered away.
>
> After enough of these experiences, I came to realize that not having
> a C compiler+native development environment was the common
> denominator in my negative experiences.
>
> Now I've been seeing more and more android stuff, and wondering
> whether one of these devices is going to fall in my lap, so I ask:
> can you get a C compiler and native development environment on these
> devices?

That depends on whether you have got fully control over the device. If
you have, there is no reason why you shouldn't install a toolchain on
your phone. Under the hood there is a linux kernel running with a
little odd userland but you can do the same things as on any regular
linux.

If your vendor does not want you to have full access to your device
things look a bit more dim...

> What does that look like compared to what you've got here?

What Kristian has done is integrating chicken scheme with the google
maintained cross compilation toolchain so you can compile chicken for
your phone (and your apps) on your host.

Kind regards,

Christian

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