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Mac OS Runtime Architectures

Mac OS Runtime Architectures describes the runtime architecture based on the Code Fragment Manager (used in the PowerPC and CFM-68K implementations) as well as the original classic 68K runtime architecture. If you are programming for the Mac OS, this book provides essential information about how the various architectures load and manipulate programs as well as how they address and store data. Information in the book includes the following:


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Book Contents
Figures, Tables, and Listings
Preface - About This Book
Chapter 1 - CFM-Based Runtime Architecture
Chapter 2 - Indirect Addressing in the CFM-Based Architecture
Chapter 3 - Programming for the CFM-Based Runtime Architecture
Chapter 4 - PowerPC Runtime Conventions
Chapter 5 - CFM-68K Runtime Conventions
Chapter 6 - The Mixed Mode Manager
Chapter 7 - Fat Binary Programs
Chapter 8 - PEF Structure
Chapter 9 - CFM-68K Application and Shared Library Structure
Chapter 10 - Classic 68K Runtime Architecture
Chapter 11 - Classic 68K Runtime Conventions
Appendix A - Terminology Changes
Appendix B - The RTLib.o and NuRTLib.o Libraries
Glossary

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11 MARCH 1997