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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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To: Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 14:45:12 +0000
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Subject: Re: ELF-binary format object file?
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Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se> wrote:

> >>What are the advatages of ELF over COFF?
> 
> >I think that has been well-discussed here too, check the archives.
> >Basically, ELF is more flexible. It has better support for multiple-segment
> >object files, It also has a better debugging format which can handle more
> >complicated debugging stuff. Finally, it works much better when using shared
> >(dynamic link) libraries, although that isn't an issue for DJGPP (yet).
> 
> Are there some "DLL"'s that is supported by GCC on UNIX?  Or some
> equavilent thing that is standard on UNIX systems?

Yes, gcc (ld to be more exact) can generated dynamically linked libraries, they 
are much more powerful than the (dead brain) M$ DLL idea. 
This helps in too aspects: saves disk space and saves memory.

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