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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!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!zpr.uni-koeln.de!se From: se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ELF support for FreeBSD ? Date: 14 Mar 1996 20:23:00 GMT Organization: Institute for Mathematics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 48 Sender: se@Sisyphos (Stefan Esser) Message-ID: <4i9v74$41s@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> References: <aak2.825887021@Ra.MsState.Edu> <4hgqn3$6oc@times.tfs.com> <4i9ekr$qc0@stealth.romoidoy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sisyphos.mi.uni-koeln.de In article <4i9ekr$qc0@stealth.romoidoy.com>, hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu (H J Lu) writes: |> 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. You must have had a bad day, I suppose ... Or what's this rambling all about ? You can have ELF under FreeBSD today. But it seems nobody cares, since (though ELF really offers a few nice features) it does not make much of a difference to currently worked on projects. Why don't you just reread Julian's message. If you don't agree, then tell us please, what the xxxBSD world is lacking if they don't use ELF ... We are most interested :) And: Yes, I know what ELF is. You don't have to explain the technical details. Just let us see some shades of the new world, that only those that believe in ELF will be allowed to enter ... Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>