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Article #1Re: NeXT = Oblivion?
From: Philip McDunnough
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 07:37
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 07:37
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In article <1992Oct26.060414.8580@athena.mit.edu> zmonster@athena.mit.edu (Eric M Hermanson) writes: [ ] > >Well Philip, NeXTstep 3.0 can handle things called FAT BINARIES, which in >effect let programs be compiled over two or more platforms. This allows >developers to include both NeXT and 486 versions in one piece of software, >while the machine you are using sorts out which code to use (at least this >is how I understand it). These FAT programs do not take up much more space, >either. Typically a FAT binary will take up only 10-15% more disk space than >the single machine version. Therefore, you will not have to buy two different >software packages for the NeXT and 486NeXT. This is wonderful and would be a very big advantage for NeXT. Are there developers who have committed themselves to including both the NeXT and 486NeXT software packages in the same box? If there were a significant number, then the future for the NeXT (and the developers) will indeed be bright. Philip McDunnough philip@utstat.toronto.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utgpu!utstat!philip From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) Subject: Re: NeXT = Oblivion? Message-ID: <1992Oct27.073704.3336@utstat.uucp> Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics References: <921025010133_72011.10_DHJ75-3@CompuServe.COM> <1992Oct25.074501.21896@utstat.uucp> <1992Oct26.060414.8580@athena.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 07:37:04 GMT Lines: 21