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		hitlin37 on July 4, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ABI vs. API (2004) how different is ABI from XPCOM? Wasn't xpcom had the same goals to provide binary compatibility?

treve on July 4, 2016 | [–]

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.

jwatte on July 4, 2016 | [–]

XPCOM is one particular ABI.

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