[RLUG] Power PC vs. x86

[James Washer]

Interesting subject, though I doubt there will be much interest from the group. Very few folks be interested in PPC.

I'll take a stab at answering things here.. No, you shouldn't have to rewrite you apps, UNLESS you are using assembly, or you are making architecture specific system calls, like modify_LDT, or you've been "fancy" with structure packing, etc, relying on 32bit ints, etc. 

Power PC ONLY in the future? Wow.. I wish. Somehow I doubt Intel is going out of business anytime soon.

Are you currently running 64bit?

 - jim

p.s. you didn't mention what language your apps were written in, so I'm assuming "C".


On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:49:51 -0500 (EST)
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> Folks, if someone needs a suggestion for the next meeting topic, may I suggest Power PC vs. x86 architecture.  This is one subject I'm interested in -- in particular, will I have to rewrite my programs?  Will upgrading my hardware force me to upgrade my software?  Will only Power PC systems be available in the future?
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