Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!think!ames!ncar!tank!oddjob!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!urbsdc!aglew From: aglew@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Software Distribution Message-ID: <28200191@urbsdc> Date: 27 Aug 88 14:00:00 GMT References: <891@taux01.UUCP> Lines: 7 Nf-ID: #R:taux01.UUCP:891:urbsdc:28200191:000:282 Nf-From: urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM!aglew Aug 27 09:00:00 1988 ..> Pseudo-code as an exchange format between different architectures In a recent UNIX World Omri Serlin (I think) mentioned that OSF is considering something with a name like "Architecture Independent Exchange Format" as a challenge to the plethora of ABIs in the AT&T/SUN world.