Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 1994 10:28:21 -0500 (EST)
From:	Long Doan <ldoan1 AT osf1 DOT gmu DOT edu>
To:	babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: object file format change?

On Sat, 3 Dec 1994, Bob Babcock wrote:

> > What do people think about changing the object file format from COFF to ELF
> > for V2.0?...The drawback is that all existing libraries will have to be
> > recompiled, but is that such a bad thing?
> 
> Conversion to version 2 is going to involve a certain amount of pain, but it
> sounds like it will be worth it.  I doubt if I would have noticed the object
> file format change if you didn't mention it.  Wasn't something else used
> before COFF?  I found that change transparent.

  It will be quite noticable for people who uses djgpp to run other 
compilers' output, like those of the cross-compilers of the workstations.

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