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The answer is a qualified "yes" if you use something like WINE to provide you with a nice compatibility layer.
The answer is definitely "no" if you simply copy the executable and try and run it.
The reason for writing in say C to begin with is so that you can just move the source code and recompile it for any type of machine, within the limits of the portable APIs you've chosen to use.
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If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
The answer is definitely "no" if you simply copy the executable and try and run it.
The reason for writing in say C to begin with is so that you can just move the source code and recompile it for any type of machine, within the limits of the portable APIs you've chosen to use.
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If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
Whilst possible, a cross compiler seems to be a relatively rare thing, when there are plenty of native compilers for the target machine.
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If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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