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Ryan Gordon Wants To Bring Universal Binaries To Linux

Posted by timothy on from the grossly-obese-binaries dept.

wisesifu writes "One of the interesting features of Mac OS X is its 'universal binaries' feature that allows a single binary file to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel x86 platforms. While this comes at a cost of a larger binary file, it's convenient on the end-user and on software vendors for distributing their applications. While Linux has lacked such support for fat binaries, Ryan Gordon has decided this should be changed."

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  1. Gee, just 14 years by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    after the diminse of NeXTStep!

    (c)Innovation!!(tm)(R)

  2. Re:Only useful for non-free applications by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Funny
    Free has meant 'no charge' for a lot longer than it has meant 'free (as in liberated) software'.

    Yes, that's right. That's why a 'freeman' was someone you didn't have to pay for his work, whereas a 'slave' was, er...

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    Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
  3. Re:Use the source, Luke! by Thuktun · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now why would I want to do anything that fucktarded, when I can just use the source? And if I needed cross-platform that badly, I can always ship ONE java app with ONE instance of data. The '90s called, they want their obsolete fat and universal binaries back.

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