My Fellow PowerBook-philes,
Not quite the case. In order to compile a universal binary, that
universal binary must have binary specific code for each architecture it
will be running on. The "universal binaries" Jobs spoke of at the WWDC
are for PowerPC and x86. They could include other architectures, such
as SPARC or Itanium or some other line, but they have not.
So while it might be relatively trivial to recompile code, the code
would still need to be recompiled after another switch. Which means a
software developer would have to re-release the product with the new
Universal Binary which included the new processor. Which means we'd all
have to buy that new version to have it work on all the supported
architectures.
No, I am fairly certain, at least for the immediate future, Apple with
use x86.
Sincerely,
Pacer the Loon
Laurent Daudelin wrote:
The exact processor is pretty irrelevant. As was demonstrated at the WWDC,
Mac OS X is easily portable to another processor. That doesn't mean any
processor but they could recompile OS X for pretty much any compressor they
like. The key is here: as long as they have a compiler that can generate
executable code for that processor, we are in business!
So, I would take the references to the "x86" with a grain of salt...
-Laurent.
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