Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:11:45 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Kim Jinhyung <gsmaker AT hotmail DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: ELF-binary format object file?
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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.