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"Ryan Gordon Wants To Bring Universal Binaries To Linux
Ryan Gordon Wants To Bring Universal Binaries To Linux: "wisesifu writes 'One of the interesting features of Mac OS X is its 'universal binaries' feature that allows a single binary file to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel x86 platforms. While this comes at a cost of a larger binary file, it's convenient on the end-user and on software vendors for distributing their applications. While Linux has lacked such support for fat binaries, Ryan Gordon has decided this should be changed.'