AppStore / iOS apps and interpreted code - where do they draw the line?

Question

Apple\'s iOS developer guidelines state:

3.3.2 — An Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means, including without lim

Answer 1

The concept of the differences between 'code' and 'data' has been discussed on SO before. Please see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/642476/200696

From Apple's perspective, this ban prevents un-reviewed executable content from the app store. It would be trivial to create a program which is approved by Apple, and then downloads executable content that changes the pre-approved behavior.