From: rrd AT ftc DOT agilent DOT com (Ray Depew) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: a.out.h Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 18:39:40 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Agilent Technologies Lines: 14 Message-ID: <1039113580.653290@cswreg.cos.agilent.com> References: <3dde675f$0$29802$9b622d9e AT news DOT freenet DOT de> <200211221954 DOT gAMJsqm17743 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <3dded421$0$21171$9b622d9e AT news DOT freenet DOT de> <200211230138 DOT gAN1cur21059 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <3ddf3e97$0$29791$9b622d9e AT news DOT freenet DOT de> <200211231403 DOT gANE3fg28636 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <3de640b6$0$8306$9b622d9e AT news DOT freenet DOT de> NNTP-Posting-Host: cswreg.cos.agilent.com X-Trace: cswtrans.cos.agilent.com 1039113580 7638 130.29.154.45 (5 Dec 2002 18:39:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet AT cswtrans DOT cos DOT agilent DOT com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 18:39:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.11] Cache-Post-Path: cswreg.cos.agilent.com!unknown AT icbdxts2 DOT ftc DOT agilent DOT com X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Martin Stromberg (eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se) wrote: : deckerben (bdeck AT lycos DOT co DOT uk) wrote: : : Why is "a.out" the 'default COFF output file name when DJGPP "is *not* an : : a.out system"? : History. Even default output name on ELF systems is a.out. I think it was Peter van der Linden, in "Deep C Secrets", who reminded us that "a.out" was so named because it was short for "assembler output". -- Regards Ray D.