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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.zeitgeist.net!news.zoom.com!aurora!not-for-mail From: hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu (H J Lu) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ELF support for FreeBSD ? Date: 14 Mar 1996 15:40:11 GMT Organization: Zoom.Com Information Services Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4i9ekr$qc0@stealth.romoidoy.com> References: <aak2.825887021@Ra.MsState.Edu> <4hgqn3$6oc@times.tfs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: aurora.zoom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Julian Elischer (julian@mailhub.tfs.com) wrote: : native FreeBSD ELF support is about the same, though why any one would : want it is beyond me as it doesn't give any advantage over the present : format, other than as a 'check-box' item in a "Me too" race with Linux. That is a common misconception among xxxxBSD users. Only a few xxxBSD users know what ELF really is and what it can do. Unfortunately, there are only a few. You have to write programs to take advantage of ELF to fully appreciate it. Maybe xxxxBSD just doesn't care. FYI, ELF is not only used by SVR4/Linux, but also used by many other systems, including one DOS extension. I guess you have to be a tool hacker to know ELF. H.J.