Messages in this thread | | | From | aem@netcom ... | Subject | Re: Are applications for Linux platform specific? | Date | Tue, 19 May 1998 22:05:28 -0400 (EDT) |
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> > I'm talking about apps in binary format, executables, made for > > Linux. Will they run in any hard with Linux? I guess... not, but > > may be someone can assure me that. > > No, they won't. When they're built, the compiler you use is specific to a > particular OS/processor combination, and so are the binaries generated.
Java binaries can be portable. As I wrote earlier, there are many things to consider.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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