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Koan Kid (koankid@io.com) wrote:
: Don Schmelling (dons@olympus.net) spake thusly:
: : David P. Summers (Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.ARC.NASA.gov) wrote:
: : : In article <19950906.118DCF8.10C69@olympus.net>, dons@olympus.net (Don
: : : Schmelling) wrote:
: : : >: Power Mac only software is very rare.  Most software packages ship either
: : : >: in two versions that the installer picks from as appropriate, or as a fat
: : : >: binary which runs on either machine.
: : : 
: : : > That is sad to hear.  I keep hearing how good Power Macs are but they
: : : > do not even have a good software base?  Maybee someday you will actually
: : : > see software developed for the power Mac.
: : : 
: : : He meant that Power Mac _only_ software is very rare (I haven't seen
: : : any).  _Not_ that Power Mac software is rare.  Software is either
: : : available either in both versions (uncommon) or in a version that
: : : has both PowerPC code and 680x0 code (and your computer just loads
: : : what it needs).
: :
: : I was also talking about Power Mac _only_ software.  My point was that
: : means the biggest gain of the power Mac is just a speed up for running
: : old Mac software.
: 
: Are you saying that if a software package is available for both 68K and 
: PPC Macs, you discount it--even if it's PPC-native--for the purpose of
: determining whether the PowerMacintosh line has a "good software base?"
: If so, then that is one of the most brain-dead comments I have ever
: heard anyone make.  I sure hope that either I misunderstood your point,
: or that you have a *very* good reason for your position.
I am just asking if this software has been highly optimised for the PPC.
I do not really see much point in just recompiling software for a 680X0 Mac
for the PPC, unless you optimise for best performance.
On the Amiga some developers write versions of their software for 68000 computers
and for 68020 or maybee 68030.
Or is this more like Windows 95 where you use both 16 and 32 bit .dll
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