Date:	Fri, 22 May 1998 21:19:33 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id:	<199805230119.VAA02818@delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com
CC:	bill AT taniwha DOT tssc DOT co DOT nz, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<199805221708.AA239306918@typhoon.rose.hp.com> (message from
	Andrew Crabtree on Fri, 22 May 1998 10:08:37 PDT)
Subject:	Re: underscores: a.out vs coff vs elf vs gcc vs as vs ld

> I'm still not sure what all the benefits to switching to elf are.  

There are two that I know of, besides the "compatible with Linux" one:

1. Better debugging support for newer languages
2. Weak symbols (if you don't know, don't worry)

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