From: elf AT netcom DOT com (Marc Singer)
Message-Id: <199604240036.RAA12597@netcom8.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Standard 32-bit libraries
To: naderr AT topaz DOT cqu DOT edu DOT au
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 17:36:51 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP List Alias)
In-Reply-To: <199604240101.LAA08036@linuxbox.nse.com.au> from "root" at Apr 24, 96 11:01:01 am
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> 
> elf AT netcom DOT com writes:
>  > Good question.  It seems to me that going to ELF would be better since
>  > it is a better designed format than COFF.
>  > 
>  > Marc Singer
> 
> Hmm, and maybe we get to IBCS2 ( Intel Binary Code Standard ) as well, so
> that we may run Linux,SCO, etc   ELF  binaries ... that would be
> good :)

Yer kidding, right?  ELF should not be too bad since the binutils
package already supports it.  The DJGPP loader could load the segments
and away you go.  Debug info is another question, but I believe that
ELF does it better than COFF.

Marc Singer