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I've always heard that Quicktime is a mish-mash of old 68k code and new PPC code. I assume this will eventually be re-written to be 100% PPC code. Any thoughts as to when this will happen? Perhaps OS X will come with a new Cocoa version that we can all enjoy. What do you think?
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you may be aware that the newer versions of QT are not supporting 68K? that 68K users have to use older QT?
i am not saying that QT is 100% pure PPC native because i do not know that it is but i suspect is it somewhat more than a mishmash of code... dig in:
http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/
[This message has been edited by wlonh (edited 04-30-2000).]
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The problem is that QuickTime is so integrated with 68K Mac OS that it has been hard to get it to work on anything else - this may explain why QuickTime has worked with 68K Macs for so long. Major portions of the Mac OS had to be ported to Windows to get QuickTime to work with Windows.
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Due to the fact that I use the latest version of QT on a 68K Mac at home, I can vouch for the mish-mash theory. Apple has long-since ditched 68K development on it's entire product line, esp. the Mac OS with 8.5.
Obviously, QT is supposed to be a tool to bring platforms together, but it would be smart of Apple to stop 68K development - I can't use any of the new features of QT 4, really anyway (take mp3's for example). I would hope and imagine that a total revamp of QT code is part of the OS X plan.
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Originally posted by Danoir:
I've always heard that Quicktime is a mish-mash of old 68k code and new PPC code. I assume this will eventually be re-written to be 100% PPC code. Any thoughts as to when this will happen? Perhaps OS X will come with a new Cocoa version that we can all enjoy. What do you think?
What kind of usage do you have that this invisble legacy makes any difference anyway?
I've heard that the new Ford Cougar has an engine based on a 100 year old internal combustion principle, rods, pistons, almost identical 
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Sorry, Feathers, but nobody said anything about "based on". We're talking legacy code, analogous to using 100 year-old car parts. This is the same difference between running Mac OS 8.1 and 8.5 - we want new code (which is obviously still based on the concepts and methods of the old) written solely for the PPC. 68K emulation eats precious processor cycles.
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