Eclipse is java application and should run on OS that has compatible jvm, eg: Linux distribution of eclipse should work on linux whatever may be the hardware, but still Eclipse has a separate distro based on arch , like ppc, x86 etc.
I tried the eclipse source build and it has parameter for hardware.
Is this because eclipse is built that way? or its jvm limitations
Eclipse is java application and should run on OS that has compatible jvm, eg:
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Eclipse uses SWT, which is a GUI that uses platform-native UI facilities.
http://eclipse.org/swt/