Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 20:38:02 +0200
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> From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:00:05 -0500
> 
> One reason is the BFD assembler can handle as many sections as memory allows 
> while the non-BFD can only handle a very small number of sections (about 40 I 
> think). Unique sections generated by gcc (like .gnu.linkonce.* in C++) can 
> easily reach this limit in one source file. Another reason is the generic 
> dwarf2 support in gas now can be used only by the BFD assembler.

Thanks.

I guess I'm confused by the name "BFD assembler".  From your
description, it sounds like it's simply an improved assembler, but
instead of developing the old code, it was rewritten from scratch,
more or less?  Is that right?