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 | ANSI C: Often used as an intermediate language by HLL
compilers using native C compilers as backends e.g. Fortran (GNU f2C),
Pascal (GNU p2C), PASCAL-XSC
| FAT Binaries: A concept used by Nextstep platforms
for supporting multiple systems. More or less object versions for all
platforms are gathered together creating a really fat binary.
| Java: JavaByteCode
can be seen as a portable format, though it is not architecture neutral. See
SUN's Java home page at http://java.sun.com
and http://www.neca.com/~vmis/java.html
for an introduction.
| Juice: A
Java alternative, implemented as Netscape plug-in based on the Oberon Module
Interchange (OMI), that will be compiled on a target host. Juice is a
trademark of the Regents of the University of California (US)
| Oberon Module Interchange (OMI):
Developed for the Oberon
project at ETH Zürich
| Register Transfer Language (RTL): Used by GNU C
compilers.
| Slim
Binaries: A concept for portable object files, allowing effective code
generation on-the-fly. This concept is related to Juice and the Oberon
project at the University of California.
| TAO
Operating system: Combines dynamic binding with the VP code and translation
to a virtual machine as the key to platform independence. Translation will
be done during load time, allowing focused optimisations for each target
processor. This is a product o f Tao
Systems Ltd.
| U-CODE
| UNCOL: See 'From
UNCOL to ANDF: Progress in Standard Intermediate Languages (77 Kb)', a
comparison of UNCOL and ANDF from Stavros Macrakis, OSF. | |
The ANDF compiler technology was designed to improve and to check portability of software. There are other compiler technologies with similar goals. Check them out to build your own opinion:
| GNU C compiler technology: (see
for example Markt & Technik, page 55, 2.2.1996)
| Open Systems Portability Checker (OSPC) from Knowledge
Software Ltd., UK
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