Re: A question of Rosetta.

• Subject: Re: A question of Rosetta.
• From: "Shawn Erickson" <email@hidden>
• Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:15:18 -0700
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Hi, there,

Since Rosetta is a translation process that allows us to use
PowerPC-based apps on Intel-based Mac and it's not a simulator of
PowerPC, then I suppose it's a translator of machine instructions. If
so, why Java applets in a web browser that Rosetta can run translated
will not be able to loaded? (Suppose we already have correct JVM
installed.) And how about flash plugins?

Rosetta doesn't support mixed processes (has to be all PowerPC code)
and Java on Intel doesn't run under Rosetta. As a result of those two
Java on Intel cannot use PowerPC libraries nor can a Rosetta run
browser use Java.

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/universal_binary/universal_binary_exec_a/chapter_950_section_1.html>

<http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2005/qa1295.html>

-Shawn

p.s. please don't cross post
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