[fpc-other] Re: [fpc-pascal] Apple forbids fpc applications on iPhone

[Henry Vermaak]

On 9 April 2010 12:19, Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be> wrote:
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> On 09 Apr 2010, at 13:08, Henry Vermaak wrote:
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>> One, perhaps ignorant, question.  How will they know which compiler
>> you used?  Will they really inspect every app?
>
> They presumably already use an automated scanner app to check whether you
> only use published API's (manually checking millions of apps for that is
> simply infeasible, not to mention stupid). In that utility they can either
> check for some signature code that their compilers generate, or per
> identified other compiler/framework add a check for signature code/data
> generated by that compiler/framework.

So then I guess fpc can fake it?  The whole thing just seems so absurd.

Henry