A/UX: Program Portability (Machine Independence)


Article Change History
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08/27/92 - REVIEWED
o For technical accuracy.


Any A/UX application is potentially portable (machine independent) to other
System V.2 platforms.

In other words, you should be able to compile and run any A/UX application
under System V.2, as long as the A/UX application does NOT either interact
with hardware or make library calls to the Apple enhancements to System V
-- such as Toolbox, rpc services, BNet (sockets), etc.

The reverse is also true: because A/UX has passed SVVS (System V Validation
Suite), any System V program that follows the SVID (System V Interface
Definition) will run under A/UX.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012