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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Emulating x86 Is Still Faster Than Every... by rarepostinlurkr on Sunday November 15, 2020 @11:12PM (#25107924)
Apps installed via MAS and packages are pre translated (at install time)
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Emulating x86 Is Still Faster Than Every... by apexalpha on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:35AM (#25109455)
So is this a little bit like Android apps being translated into Java Byte Code at install?
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Emulating x86 Is Still Faster Than Every... by gumby on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:29PM (#25114397)
It’s the other way around: an intermediate state of compilation is uploaded (basically the internal state after all non-machine-specific optimizations have been done, like hoisting invariants out of loops, etc). The App Store finishes compiling with the flags for the various CPUs supported (iPhone 6, iPhone 12, etc).
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