Message-Id: <199605141156.HAA12461@delorie.com>
Date:         Tue, 14 May 96 14:42:54 LIT
From: Martynas Kunigelis <martynas DOT kunigelis AT VM DOT KTU DOT LT>
Subject:      Re: ELF wanted
To: DJGPP mailing list <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
In-Reply-To:  Your message of Mon, 13 May 1996 11:53:55 -0400 (EDT)

  Well, now that we have complete ELF documentation, someone (e.g. me) could
start moving DJGPP to it. But here again arises the rethorical question: IS
IT WORTH IT? With ELF, we could use more Linux binary tools etc., and
have the DLL implementation made easier. But what about Win32? AFAIK Win32
uses COFF, and, as Malcolm said, if someone writes Win32 support (will anyone?
?????), we could use the advantages of Win32 COFF-based DLL engine. So the
point is: either we (?) start making the Win32 support or begin adopting
DJGPP for ELF. But wait, could it be that both ways were possible? I mean
having Win32 support with ELF? Or, perhaps, move Win32 to ELF ;-) ?? Bill?
Malcolm? What do you think? Is adding Win32 support *very* complicated? Or are
header files and that kinda stuff the only problem? Is a different linker
reqired or just a different stub loader?

Enough for now, it's WAY too hot in Lithuania right now...    :)

Martynas