Universal Binary
January 19th, 2006 by admin
It took a while, but the IRAF Button is now a universal binary. The project goes back to I think the Project Builder days, so I had to replace the main.m code and “upgrade” the target in Xcode, along with some other changes, but now it’s a Universal Binary, will run natively on Intel-based Macs.
Of course, there’s probably no performance difference at all – Applescript based applications can’t possibly benefit much from being native… I bet it would run virtually the same under Rosetta, but still.
What we really need is IRAF running native on Intel, so if you haven’t already make a donation to IRAF.net
Also, since no one as far as I know is running the IRAF button on an Intel Mac, I may wait a bit before uploading this.
