From:	rrd AT ftc DOT agilent DOT com (Ray Depew)
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Subject:	Re: a.out.h
Date:	Thu, 5 Dec 2002 18:39:40 +0000 (UTC)
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Martin Stromberg (eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se) wrote:
: deckerben (bdeck AT lycos DOT co DOT uk) wrote:
: : Why is "a.out" the 'default COFF output file name when DJGPP "is *not* an
: : a.out system"?

: History. Even default output name on ELF systems is a.out.

I think it was Peter van der Linden, in "Deep C Secrets", who reminded us that
"a.out" was so named because it was short for "assembler output".


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Ray D.

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