[ZooLib-dev] Mach-O Executables?

[Michael D. C. <cra...@go...>]

A friend of mine I used to work with is interested in building Mac OS X Mach-O 
executables with ZooLib.

He thinks he knows how he can do it himself, but wanted to know whether anyone 
had done this already?

Classic PowerPC as well as Carbon executables that can run on both OS X and back 
to Mac OS 8.6 use the Code Fragment Manager format.  This works on OS X, but 
actually is a disadvantage because Apple's implementation of CFM on OS X loads 
the executables with a user program rather than directly with the kernel, so 
there's a slower startup time.

There's probably some other advantages to using Mach-O, but I'm not sure what 
they all are.  Of course using Mach-O means an executable won't work under Mac 
OS 9, but that's OK for many people these days.  Some people could also supply 
separate builds.

Best,

Mike
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