On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 08:17:09PM +0800, Rogelio M. Serrano Jr. wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 08:44:13AM +0800, Rogelio M. Serrano Jr. wrote: > > > It is also their downfall. They are too tied down to the ia32 paltform. > > > We will not beat microsoft now. That will happen when ia32 loses > > > dominance. They are scrambling now to make sure that ia32 will dominate > > > > Quite the contrary, they're going to their CLR (Common Language Runtime) > > to ensure that the hardware doesn't matter. That's the whole idea, send > > around byte code instead of machine code. > > > > Thats interesting. Maybe linux should also do that. How woud directx > work then?
The same way it does now. Compiling to byte code doesn't mean that you give up the ability to call API functions. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
