Hurrah, nokia are listening
Just spotted this article on the The Register about rumours of Nokia potentially evaluating Python for their series 60 platform. Outstanding. Its a bit of a pity that its a limited trial initially, but I suppose doing the trials in a controlled manner should lead to quicker and perhaps better quality feedback.
Perl on the Series 60!
It would seem that Nokia are going to release a version of Perl for their series 60 phones. This is very cool indeed. Why? Well, at the moment if you want to develop for mobiles (and series 60 phones in this case) then you have to either use C++ (steep learning curve, lots of power) or Java and J2ME (easier to learn, nowhere near as much power). Having a ‘third way’ is going to be great. Actually there is OPL which is quite usable but as I don’t have a series 60 phone (yet) I don’t know for sure. Of course, whether or not Perl is the right choice here is open to debate. Personally I would have preferred Python ...