> By the way, what are actually the experiences of the NextStep folks ?
I have very little programming exp with the NeXT.. BUT.. I've got a nice
color NeXT sitting right next to me.. I've got a fair bit of user exp, and
I have to say, it works real nice.. The FAT bins frequently aren't that
large, (NeXT bins arn't that large, I guess it's because they use libs
very extensivly).. They load fast, and can easily be stripped.. It's nice
to not to worry about what platforms all those bins are for.. :)
With NT, maby alpha users have to run x86 software. I believe that with
NT, most apps are just recompiled... It's just that many developers dont
bother (I used VC5 for awhile, and couldn't figure out how to do it.. but
I didn't try hard)..... I imagine that the linux alpha/ppc/sparc/m68k
people would appricate being able to find binaries for software once and a
while... And then there is commercial apps: So where is my ALPHA copy of
Netscape.. Maby if compiling Netscape under alpha was nothing harder then
an extra flag they would do it...
There would have to be alot of work, FAT bins would be almost useless
unless you could be almost certian that the other platforms would work
without trying.. Nextstep was designed with this in mind.. Linux wasn't..
There would probably have to be alot of work.. And I dont think that too
many people here are intersted enough in seeing the benifits of this, so
unless Linus speaks up and says "This is the right way"(tm) I suggest we
stop wasting time and cluttering the list..