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Heh, way back when I wrote a 3d game in Gambit Scheme, but I'm not shipping it anymore. There are definite drawbacks, but pretty big wins too. I set up a live REPL to the phone and was able to send code straight from Emacs to it.

My original article is here: http://jlongster.com/s/jlongster-old/pages/blog/write-apps-i...

I also made a bunch of videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7c0rU9Lv28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcut5__ZrSg

There are hurdles, yes, as you will find with any "off the beaten path" technology stack. Lack of documentation, small community, etc.

Gambit will compile on iOS, and there is even a REPL app for it on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gambit-repl/id434534076?mt=8...

I can't comment on how well it will integrate with your app or work in practice, though.

chicken scheme runs on both android and iOS devices. I also know of at least one company building apps with chicken scheme.

[0] https://github.com/chicken-mobile

[1] http://www.bevuta.com/