Date: Sat, 3 Dec 94 13:24:20 EST
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: object file format change?
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> What do people think about changing the object file format from COFF to ELF
> for V2.0?...The drawback is that all existing libraries will have to be
> recompiled, but is that such a bad thing?

Conversion to version 2 is going to involve a certain amount of pain, but it
sounds like it will be worth it.  I doubt if I would have noticed the object
file format change if you didn't mention it.  Wasn't something else used
before COFF?  I found that change transparent.