From:	bd733 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT edu (Jason M. Daniels)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Why COFF ??
Date:	4 Jun 1997 16:39:35 GMT
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Paul Derbyshire (ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA) wrote:
> I thought Linux used a format called ELF?

Linux used to (kernels pre 2.0.0, I think) use the a.out format.

> The way I understand it, .out files are primitive, COFF (Common Object
> File Format) more advanced, and ELF (Executable Linkable Format) more still.

Uh-oh... don't start an object-format holy war... :)

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