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From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ELF?
Date: 29 Apr 1997 20:44:15 -0400
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
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Peter Mutsaers <plm@lucent.com> writes:

>>> PS: I still haven't heard any answer to the question when the ELF
>>> format is going to become default one in FreeBSD...
>> I hope this won't be an issue in the next time.  One of the
>> things that really annoyed me about Linux was the utter chaos
>> when switching from the weak Linux-a.out format to the Evil
>> Linkage Format.  I don't want to experience the same thing
> I was a Linux user at the time of the switch from a.out to ELF, and
> I've never understood the fuzz about it. The transition was smooth and
> easy, and I don't see the problem when BSD would switch.

Okay, time to ask.

I don't design linkage formats, I just link.  So, what's the
difference between a.out, b.out, ELF, and coff?

Thanks,
joelh

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