Interesting subject, though I doubt there will be much interest from the group. Very few folks be interested in PPC.
I'll take a stab at answering things here.. No, you shouldn't have to rewrite you apps, UNLESS you are using assembly, or you are making architecture specific system calls, like modify_LDT, or you've been "fancy" with structure packing, etc, relying on 32bit ints, etc. Power PC ONLY in the future? Wow.. I wish. Somehow I doubt Intel is going out of business anytime soon. Are you currently running 64bit? - jim p.s. you didn't mention what language your apps were written in, so I'm assuming "C". On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:49:51 -0500 (EST) "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folks, if someone needs a suggestion for the next meeting topic, may I > suggest Power PC vs. x86 architecture. This is one subject I'm interested in > -- in particular, will I have to rewrite my programs? Will upgrading my > hardware force me to upgrade my software? Will only Power PC systems be > available in the future? > > Please, when replying to this e-mail reply to the list OR reply to me > directly. Don't reply to both; that way I don't have to read the reply twice. > > Jennifer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
