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by hitlin37 3637 days ago
how different is ABI from XPCOM? Wasn't xpcom had the same goals to provide binary compatibility?
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treve 3637 days ago
ABI is not a specific technology in the same way 'API' is not. So the ABI doesn't have any specific goals, it's just something that emerges when working with dynamic linking.
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jwatte 3637 days ago
XPCOM is one particular ABI.
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