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To: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart)
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Subject: Re: a.out format 
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From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 13:11:59 -0800
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On Sat, 8 Nov 1997 22:55:27 +0000 
 njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) wrote:

 > Don't suppose anyone knows how the "a.out" format got its name?

"assembler output" as I recall...

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