On May 29, 2012, at 13:42 , Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> What does the acronym "FAT" in "SAGE_FAT_BINARY" refer to?

Normally, "FAT" refers to a file format that contains executable images for 
multiple architectures.  I think that for Sage, it refers to a binary that will 
run on multiple versions of the Intel i386/x86_64 architecture (i.e., it uses a 
more or less generic instruction set).

Justin

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