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From: Jonathan Mini <mini@momentum.nike.efn.org>
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To: "Pedro Giffuni S." <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Pedro Giffuni S. wrote:


> >   Linix is proud of thier ELFs, I have never understood why. I have heard
> > that thier a.outs are not as robust, but I can't confirm it.

> The exact term someone on this list used was "sucks" :). Yes fbsd is
> very superior in this sense to Linux, what I wonder is if I should

I'm not certain that not being ELF-only is superior. Frankly, my view is 
that if both are supported it is a better config. Which I beleive is the 
case. *I* like a.out's because they're faster. =) 

				Jonathan Mini (mini@momentum.nike.efn.org)
						   Sent from home machine.