Re: [B2-devel] TESyncScrap (Thoughts on SheepShaver and Basilisk II)

[Charles S. <bas...@ch...>]

On Jun 18, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Josh Juran wrote:

> On Jun 17, 2012, at 11:41 PM, Robert Munafo wrote:
> 
>> That might help a little bit -- but the main issue is on the host  
>> side.
>> 
>> Apple does not provide 64-bit runtime libraries for any of Carbon,
>> such as is needed to convert PICT scrap data into another bitmap
>> format. In fact, all of QuickDraw is missing, and you can't even view
>> a PICT image on your Leopard (or later) Mac if you have it set to boot
>> with the 64-bit kernel (except by transferring the PICT data into an
>> emulator running an older Mac OS).
> 
> Then wouldn't it make more sense to always build as 32-bit?  It's not  
> like SheepShaver will ever even remotely need more than 4 GB of  
> address space.

This is unlikely to be a good idea, since one never knows if/when Apple will decide to stop supporting 32-bit binaries in some future version of OS X.

Charles