Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 20:55:06 -0600 (CST)
From: ALAN L HIGHTOWER <alh AT engr DOT engr DOT uark DOT edu>
To: djgpp <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>
Subject: Re: object change FAQ



On Wed, 7 Dec 1994, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> Well, as AT&T format is the definite standard for assembler sources on
> U*X, and, AFAIK, the only one known to gcc and gas, I'm close to
> absolutely sure that DJGPP will use AT&T format *forever*.

    The point was made that currently MASM will assemble 32-bit code into 
COFF objects, which can be linked by ld along with gcc produced code to 
create a GO32 executable...  This is how several people are getting 'out' 
of not having to learn AT&T op code formatting (which IMHO is a waist, 
since MASM and TASM use "Intel" formatting, native *only* to x86).  
    Someone mentioned an object format convertor.  Is there such a beast 
that will take MASM COFF objects and convert them to ELF for linking?  
objcopy maybe?  This would eliminate a major point in the oposition for 
the change.