From the monotouch faq: >MonoTouch is delivered as a static compiler that tu...

		gte910h on April 8, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IPad is Steve Jobs’ final victory over Steve Wozni... From the monotouch faq: >MonoTouch is delivered as a static compiler that turns .NET executables and libraries into native applications. There is no JIT or interpreter shipped with your application, only native code.

And as of this morning, even that's not good enough. Sigh.