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   Wilfred van Velzen to Nicholas Boel   
   Re: Fmail, HPT and FastEcho   
   22 Nov 16 16:31:30   
   
   Hi Nicholas,   
      
   On 2016-11-22 09:02:24, you wrote to me:   
      
    WV>> I don't own a Pi, and I know almost nothing about it, where it might   
    WV>> be different from "regular" x86 linux. But my guess is, that if it   
    WV>> compiles on linux it wouldn't be hard to compile it for the Pi either.   
    WV>> (Unless bit order is different on the arm processor?)   
      
    NB> FYI, moving most current FTN software from x86 linux to an ARM linux   
   system   
    NB> gives some kind of binary execution format error.   
      
   Of course x86 code doesn't run natively on arm processors. So you can't just   
   copy the "exe" file and expect it to work.   
      
    NB> Every time I've encountered this so far, it just needs to be   
    NB> recompiled on the new architecture without any changes to the code.   
    NB> Hopefully that is the case here as well.   
      
   I hope so too! ;)   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
   --- FMail-W32 1.73.4.41-B20161119   
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