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It works in Linux the same way it works on Windows: If you don't have the dynamic libraries and configuration you need, it won't work. Why this is a mark again
by msla 3y ago
It works in Linux the same way it works on Windows: If you don't have the dynamic libraries and configuration you need, it won't work.
Why this is a mark against Linux and not Windows is beyond me.
- znpy 3y agoEh, kinda. On linux you can only assume kernel abi compatibility whereas pn windoes you can assume the basic runtime (win32 or whatever) to be present and available.
- AshamedCaptain 3y agoIn the timeframes this post is talking about, you can practically do the same in any operating system. What "basic runtime" could such an aged Linux binary use, other than glibc and Xlib/motif, which are precisely the ones which have been actually trying to preserve ABI? These 30 year old binaries have a higher change of working than week old ones... This is similar to the fact that Office 95 will work on recent Windows, but Office 2k won't.
- sedatk 3y agoMicrosoft keeps maintaining all those libraries, and keeps them in the OS by default. That may not be the case with Linux.