Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 11:48:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: Standard 32-bit libraries
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Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO
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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'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.)

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