On: iPhone, meet Haskell

[dmitshur]

Are browsers exempt? Because there are a few of them there, and they download and execute external JavaScript.

[dcohenp → dmitshur]

> they download and execute external JavaScript

Yes, but they may do so only by embedding Apple's own sandboxed WebKit component. So the downloading, execution, and results are tightly controlled.

[croddin → dmitshur]

I believe all browsers in the app store that run js use Apple's UIWebView and don't run the js themselves.

[kemiller → dmitshur]

They have to use Apple's JS engine.