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From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: dumb question: "32 bit clean"
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Date: 3 Oct 90 01:09:09 GMT
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In article <15735@yunexus.YorkU.CA> rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) writes:
>In particular, can post-compilation processing
>convert a non-32 bit clean app into a 32 bit clean one?  And what
>proportion of today's off-the-shelf Mac software is 32 bit clean

  a) No, a 32-bit dirty app stays so forever until recompiled or patched
with a patch tailored to the application.

  b) I've run my system using 7.0a9 in 32-bit mode for several weeks at a
time.  I'd say about 4/5 of the available apps are 32-bit clean, including
Mathematica (thankfully!  And surprising because of Mathematica's design).

  However, I've not found a 32-bit clean word processor, or at least I
haven't found a word processor which doesn't bomb in 32-bit mode.  The only
exception is MacWrite II, which doesn't seem to crash unless you print
something.

-- Mark Wilkins
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