Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/24/17:25:16
> I'm not punning you this time...but don't you remember when V2 was being
> planned one or two years ago, a discussion of whether or not DJGPP should
> simultaneously switch to ELF. Unless I am mistaken, you expressed opposition
> and I made a lame pun about your not wanting an identifier collision.
>
> >I've been looking at ELF format for other things and have grown to
> >appreciate the layout. COFF is very difficult to identify and parse,
> >while ELF is designed to be revisioned.
>
> Glad you've come around. I guess the switch'll have to wait until V3,
> though. :-( (Or maybe not. In the Linux binutils there is a script to
> convert archives from a.out to ELF; perhaps it could be adapted for
> use with DJGPP.)
Harumph. Guess that one fell off the far end of my memory a while ago.
The real issue is the DJGPP loader. The compiler already has the
pieces, but the loader probably does not.
V3? What could be added to the current setup?
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