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		tonysdg on Jan 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coding on an iPad Pro in 2019 Is there a reason no one has built a Cygwin-like environment for iOS yet? As in, is it because (1) it's time-consuming, (2) it's tricky, or (3) Apple won't allow it on their App Store?

hulahoof on Jan 4, 2019 [–]

Based on the discussions[0] going on for the iSh x86 emulator[1] from a few months ago I think its a combination of all three, but mainly (3).

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18430031 [1] https://github.com/tbodt/ish

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