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> After looking up compatibility for SDL, I noticed it is able to run on iOS 6 and greater, meaning it supports iOS devices all the way back to iPhone 3GS.

Whoah, I was convinced there is no way to write and run apps on these older iPhones - I wonder how difficult the whole process is.

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I don't understand using SDL, it's not that hard to write something in Objective-C that runs on earlier versions of iOS as well. You can even cross-compile from Linux, or even run clang directly on iOS if you jailbreak. My own experience is with iOS 4 - 6.

Whoever has downvoted this, can you explain why? I'm interested in this angle, and it quotes the article so therefore is on-topic.

Can't find current info on it online.

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