Thanks for your reply Ann,

actually, I'm not realy interested in the Universal part of this more than having an intel only
version that can be installed/used in OS X. In other words, not universal, just intel binary.
I'm not expecting to work on a database some times using powerpc and others intel.

Regards,

--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "Ann W. Harrison" <aharrison@...> wrote:
>
> alonsong2002 wrote:
> > I am curious if any of you have or know of any plans to recompile
> > Firebird for the new Mac Intel OS X. From what I understand Firebird
> > would have to be compiled under GCC 4.X as this is the supported
> > compliler for the new Mac Intel OS X.
>
> The problem with a universal binary is that Firebird stores its
> data in the native format of the platform - big endian or little
> endian. The universal binary is both, which will lead, I fear,
> to tears before bedtime. The "data" is both user data and internal
> structural data.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Ann
>