Subj : wxWidgets and universal b
To   : Mercyful Fate
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Mar 05 2010 07:36:00

  Re: wxWidgets and universal binaries
  By: Mercyful Fate to Nightfox on Wed Mar 03 2010 11:09:59

 > I beleive these "universal binaries" are run through emulation, as there is 
 > system that can run code compiled on another without a compability layer or
 > Emulator.  Just like my PS3 can run ps1 and ps2 games, but only becasue the 
 > system software has ps1 and ps2 emulators for the translations.

Not quite.  Mac apps that are compiled only for PowerPC are the only ones that
need to be run through emulation.  OS X for Intel systems has a piece of
software called Rosetta, which runs PowerPC Mac apps on Intel Macs.  The
"universal binaries" don't need that because universal binaries include both
the Intel and PowerPC-compiled versions, so they run natively on both Intel and
PowerPC Macs.

Nightfox

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