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Universal Binaries... |
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2005-09-23 17:18:26 |
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ptwobrussell
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Yea, I think you're onto something there. This is news to me...pretty interesting stuff to know too. From digging around some more in Darwin's lead engineer's online journal from back in 2000, here's a quote that backs that up (although I don't know for sure if fat binaries were specifically a NeXT thing?):
"It should be noted that I am building all components fat (for both PowerPC and Intel) by default."
That's from http://www.wsanchez.net/blog/archives/000007.html
So I guess the interesting question here is whether or not the Intel plan was part of a 5 year plan or if market forces later in the game spurred it. The title of this weblog would indicate that it wasn't a long term plan, but then again...who knows if the story from Wired is completely accurate. Really, I just posted this entry for the humor of sharing the quotes.
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