Although Android prefers a Linuxy / Javaesque environment, Google did hire the prime mover behind Python, Guido van Rossum. And... :-) ...a search turns up ASE -- the Android Scripting Environment, a downloadable app that gives your phone Python, Lua, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript and Tcl interpreters. See <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/">http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/</a> <blockquote type="cite">On Jun 11, 2010 8:54 PM, "Yoshiki Ohshima" <<a href="mailto:yoshiki@vpri.org">yoshiki@vpri.org</a>> wrote: At Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:14:59 -0400, Chris Ball wrote: > > Hi, > > >> Some schools are getting iPod touches (??? is that the plural)... Yes but there was an interesting movement in that area: <a href="http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/06/10/hello-lua/" target="_blank">http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/06/10/hello-lua/</a> Read the thread "Re: Talking to Steve Jobs about Scratch. " at: <a href="http://lists.esug.org/pipermail/esug-list_lists.esug.org/2010-June/thread.html" target="_blank">http://lists.esug.org/pipermail/esug-list_lists.esug.org/2010-June/thread.html</a> and <a href="http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2010-June/thread.html" target="_blank">http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2010-June/thread.html</a> -- Yoshiki _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop pro...</blockquote>