Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!apple!jrg
From: jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: ABI (or whatever the (proposed?) binary executable standard is
Keywords: ABi X
Message-ID: <27385@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Mar 89 08:02:47 GMT
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Organization: Galloway Research
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(I am not sure that abi is the right name, but I am talking about the
binary standard for unix executables, supposedly allowing any (e.g.) 88K abi
format progam to run on any 88k unix box supporting abi).

I keep hearing about how abi is going to make software available for unix
systems like it has been for DOS/Mac systems (i.e. which by virture of
running on a sinlge architecture have their own abi so to speak).  The one
thing no on seems to be able to tell me is how does this relate to someting
like X?  Clearly I will want to run X on my Froboz architecture, but all
those who build their systems on the Froboz cpu will certainly not
have identically compatible X libraries and toolkits which would seem to
remove the possibility of taking a binary X program in the Froboz abi format
and having a chance of running it on any Froboz workstation?  right?

apple!jrg	John R. Galloway, Jr.       contract programmer, San Jose, Ca

These are my views, NOT Apple's, I am a GUEST here, not an employee!!