dumb question: "32 bit clean"
Mark Wilkins
wilkins at jarthur.Claremont.EDU
Wed Oct 3 11:09:09 AEST 1990
In article <15735 at yunexus.YorkU.CA> rreiner at yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) writes:
>In particular, can post-compilation processing
>convert a non-32 bit clean app into a 32 bit clean one? And what
>proportion of today's off-the-shelf Mac software is 32 bit clean
a) No, a 32-bit dirty app stays so forever until recompiled or patched
with a patch tailored to the application.
b) I've run my system using 7.0a9 in 32-bit mode for several weeks at a
time. I'd say about 4/5 of the available apps are 32-bit clean, including
Mathematica (thankfully! And surprising because of Mathematica's design).
However, I've not found a 32-bit clean word processor, or at least I
haven't found a word processor which doesn't bomb in 32-bit mode. The only
exception is MacWrite II, which doesn't seem to crash unless you print
something.
-- Mark Wilkins
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