[RLUG] Power PC vs. x86

[Josh Scilacci]

If anything mainstream PPC is going to be slumping off significantaly I
believe. There are still huge user bases for it and the G5 will keep it
alive, but I just don't see it expanding anytime soon. Unless for some weird
reason Dell started selling PPC machines.

Like James said as long as you are making no system calls that are
architecture specific or writing in ASM you should have no issues at all
crossing between PPC and Intel. I have built a lot of stuff on PPC and Intel
and had no issues, but it was very basic stuff.

Josh



On 3/27/06, James Washer <washer at trlp.com> wrote:
>
> 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)
> "" <jennifertf at excite.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > 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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