Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!sunspot.berkeley.edu!ericco From: ericco@ssl.berkeley.edu (Eric C. Olson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: ANDF Message-ID: Date: 30 Dec 90 20:27:53 GMT Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Distribution: comp Organization: CEA @ UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. Lines: 16 I saw an article recently about Architecture Neutral Data Format (ANDF) which looked quite interesting. This is an intermediate language between source code and machine code that is machine independent. The article suggests that future compilers could consist of two parts: source to ANDF, ANDF to machine code. The idea is that ANDF would be difficult to reverse engineer (to protect software producers) and would allow allow machine independent software development. Thus, a company like Lotus could expand into the ST market without a heavy cost. Or, ST developers could reach elements of the IBM market. hmmm, Eric -- Eric ericco@ssl.berkeley.edu