Universal Binary

dan_500 at web.de dan_500 at web.de
Mon Apr 28 11:35:23 PDT 2008


洪任諭 <pcman.tw at gmail.com>:
 > You can use Linux binary on FreeBSD.

Yes, I know. But FreeBSD binarys are using another ABI.

Luca Cappelletti <luca.cappelletti at gmail.com>:
> There is an attempt in the bsd land to let you run a linux binary 
> under a bsd kernel without modifications.
> In the same way you can resolve some windows binaries under a linux 
> software distribuition like Debian using mime + an intermediate api 
> map traduction like wine.
> In the same way you can use a java bytecode across platforms.
> Actually there is not standard in the terms you mean and I think 
> there's no critical mass to let a community invest in that 
> direction.FreeBSD and Solaris do something but it's to early to think 
> in terms of "Universal Binary ;)"
Yes. Universal Binary would be great. There should be a competiton 
between kernels and no monopol for linux. Why it's to early?


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