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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!ratatosk.yggdrasil.com!news From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 14:10:41 -0800 Organization: Lu Consulting Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3166EBE1.165ECBF3@lucon.org> References: <4issad$h1o@nadine.teleport.com> <4jejjt$cdb@park.uvsc.edu> <315E0F1A.4E3FB53D@lucon.org> <Pine.LNX.3.91.960401105810.31921A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> <4jso8v$n5i@dyson.iquest.net> <31642098.75AB4317@gnu.ai.mit.edu> <4k2cvc$j8e@park.uvsc.edu> <316613A1.59E2B600@progroup.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.160.189.73 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; Linux 1.3.84 i586) Craig Shaver wrote: > > Terry Lambert wrote: > del .... > > > > In other words, why is it necessary for FreeBSD to switch over > > to ELF? "To find ELF bugs" is a silly rationale, even if > > FreeBSD were the only source of feedback... > > > > I don't disagree that there *can be* long term benefits to ELF, > > only that there is any immediate benefit, other than "it is new, > > we must flock to it in a zombie-like stupor". > > > > Doesn't elf help with c++ linking problems? Here is one who has a clue. BTW, I wrote a paper on ELF: ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/elf.ps.gz H.J.