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Statica · 06-23-2004, 06:13 AM

'Win32' & 'UNIX' are usually the source code. On UNIX systems, its preferable to compile a source code and then use it.
'Win32 Binary' is what you should be using if you intend to simply run the program. (The source code is an ASCII, or simple text, file ; while the final executable is a binary file)

Designer: All MAC's arent unix based; OSX is. And again all UNIX based applications need not necessarily run for OSX. Applications for UNIX can be used as a command line; porting to OSX involves the command line component as well as providing a GUI front end for OSX. While on UNIX the GUI is purely cosmetic in that the OS is designed to be functional at the commandline; on OSX the commandline itself was never designed to be used.

06-23-2004, 06:13 AM	#4
Statica Premium Member Join Date: Jun 1999 Posts: 9,231	'Win32' & 'UNIX' are usually the source code. On UNIX systems, its preferable to compile a source code and then use it. 'Win32 Binary' is what you should be using if you intend to simply run the program. (The source code is an ASCII, or simple text, file ; while the final executable is a binary file) Designer: All MAC's arent unix based; OSX is. And again all UNIX based applications need not necessarily run for OSX. Applications for UNIX can be used as a command line; porting to OSX involves the command line component as well as providing a GUI front end for OSX. While on UNIX the GUI is purely cosmetic in that the OS is designed to be functional at the commandline; on OSX the commandline itself was never designed to be used.