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[Tanner Lovelace <lovelace AT wayfarer.org>]

On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 13:55, David R. Matusiak wrote:
> just to push the envelope a little further, wouldn't OSX (a mach kernel 
> derived 
> BSD variant) have a COMPAT mode for linux and other unices? for the 
> uninitiated, 
> COMPAT means 'compatibility' and this special feature allows folks who 
> manage 
> one type of system to take advantage of all the wonderful software out 
> there. 
> 
> you see, by telling your kernel to run certain software in COMPAT mode, you 
> can 
> run that software on a kernel (or architecture) that is was never intended 
> to  
> be run on. isn't that just grand?
> 
> i know solaris now has LINUX_COMPAT mode, as do others. so, there!
> 
> ...and this has nothing to do with "Where to take a wireless laptop."
> poor, poor Wiggum.
> drm

Hey David,

I think that in order to have a compat mode work, the underlying
processor needs to be the same.  So, that would probably work
for linux apps compiled for power PC, but probably not for 
apps compiled on x86.  It's relatively easy to take something
written for the same processor and run it (this is what WINE
does) but going so far as to translate the OP codes from one
machine to another is quite another matter.

Tanner
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