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How OS X Executes Applications

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the learning-more-about-it dept.

MacHore writes "0xFE has an excellent tutorial on Mach-O, which is the file format used by OS X executable files and libraries. It goes into great detail about how Mach-O works, and explains what OS X actually does when it loads and runs an application. Subtopics include Universal Binaries, The Dynamic Linker, Using otool, and other goodies."

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  1. What this means by Markvs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Expect an increase of the number of Mac virii out there in a now to 3 month timeframe.

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    46. The Hobo smiles, his eyes glaze over, and he burps. "Beware the man who has lived longer than the Wasteland."
    1. Re:What this means by Markvs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I find it hysterical that the Macfanboys have moderated this as Troll/Flamebait, but if I'd made this same post regarding Windoze that It'd have been +5 Insightful.

      Ah... I do love the smell of that Slashdot hypocrisy.

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      46. The Hobo smiles, his eyes glaze over, and he burps. "Beware the man who has lived longer than the Wasteland."
  2. Why? by Quevar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why? Are you writing one?