Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/10/29/09:18:29
On 27 Oct 1997, Kim Jinhyung wrote:
> Is it impossible to use ELF-format object file under DJGPP v2?
> And do you know why DJGPP doesn't use ELF-binary format?
This subject has been beaten to death here. I'd rather not start
another thread about it. Please use the DJGPP mail-archives
(http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/) to read past
correspondence on this. Searching for ELF would be a good start.
Short answer: DJGPP uses COFF because ELF was not around when DJGPP
was started. Switching to ELF is possible, but a lot of work needs to
be done to make a switch to another object format, and the advantages
are not that overwhelming. Until now, nobody has volunteered to make
this happen, so it didn't.
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