Assembly for the correct architecture is only one part of getting an executable running on a machine.
- Dynamic libraries (e.g. for calling into the kernel, but also user space dynamic libraries) are OS-specific (.so for Linux, .dylib for macOS, .dll for Windows)
- Executable format is OS-specific (ELF for Linux, Mach-O for macOS, PE for Windows)
- Dynamic loading and linkage of both the above are also therefore OS-specific
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Assembly for the correct architecture is only one part of getting an executable running on a machine.
- Dynamic libraries (e.g. for calling into the kernel, but also user space dynamic libraries) are OS-specific (.so for Linux, .dylib for macOS, .dll for Windows)
- Executable format is OS-specific (ELF for Linux, Mach-O for macOS, PE for Windows)
- Dynamic loading and linkage of both the above are also therefore OS-specific