> I'm foggy on the details, but my understanding is that App Store submissions are required to be done in a way that provides LLVM or other IL/VM language code instead of machine code. This could land them in a spot where re-compiling to a new platform can be done by Apple (assuming ToS have granted them that right), which is great ... for apps in the App Store. The mac platform app store isn't the only source of software.
Apple calls this ”Bitcode“. It's not useful for portability between architectures, it's only good for adapting to smaller changes in instruction sets. (For example, maybe the current chip doesn't do integer division, but a future one does.)
Apple calls this ”Bitcode“. It's not useful for portability between architectures, it's only good for adapting to smaller changes in instruction sets. (For example, maybe the current chip doesn't do integer division, but a future one does.)
Here's a discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9727599