Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 08:37:56 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Little problem with compiling
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On Thu, 6 Jun 1996 j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com wrote:

> Brief question for DJ or Eli:  Why the heck doesn't gcc output "coff" instead
> of "aout".  The files are in coff format, right?  This makes no sense.  :)

I think a.out is the default name of the executables on Unix no matter 
what the format is (COFF, AOUT, ELF, or other).