From: elf AT netcom DOT com (Marc Singer)
Message-Id: <199604241637.JAA17935@netcom4.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Standard 32-bit libraries
To: UCKO AT vax1 DOT rockhurst DOT edu (Aaron Ucko)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 09:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP List Alias)
In-Reply-To: <01I3WAIXFPLU0062L0@VAX1.ROCKHURST.EDU> from "Aaron Ucko" at Apr 23, 96 10:11:27 pm
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> 
> >Good question.  It seems to me that going to ELF would be better since
> >it is a better designed format than COFF.
> 
> Funny, I seem to recall you opposing ELF when it was last discussed.
> 

Are you punning [sic] me?  If not, I don't recall a conversation about
ELF vs COFF.

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.

Marc Singer