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		bobajeff on Sept 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thimble – An online code editor In addition to what others have said. I'll add that some environments (Tablet, Phone, Watch, Set Top Box) are more restrictive than others (try porting a cpp app to Android sometime). Also, some systems might be missing some required libraries or have incompatible versions of those libraries (try porting a cpp app to Android some time). Contrast that to just loading up a page on a browser.

aikah on Sept 1, 2015 [–]

> Contrast that to just loading up a page on a browser.

well don't you need to write the app at first place ? there is a difference between loading an app and developing it.

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