From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 24 13:29:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (mail.palmerharvey.co.uk [62.172.109.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 424FC117A1 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:26:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk) Received: from ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk (unverified) by mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:52:28 +0000 Received: from voodoo.pandhm.co.uk ([10.100.35.12]) by ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id F1KNMLR1; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 12:58:51 -0000 Received: from dom by voodoo.pandhm.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #1) id 10FHYC-000GQk-00; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:07:00 +0000 To: Konstantin Chuguev Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ELF default format vs. a.out default binary name X-Mailer: nmh v0.26 X-Colour: Green Organization: Palmer & Harvey McLane In-Reply-To: Konstantin Chuguev's message of "Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:27:53 +0500" <36D29EC9.27B554DA@urc.ac.ru> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:06:59 +0000 From: Dom Mitchell Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 23 February 1999, Konstantin Chuguev proclaimed: > Just curious: if ELF is the default binary file format now, then why gcc > still produces a.out file by default? > > Well, I know, I've changed the reason and the consequence, so it's a > kind of joke :-) Well: It'd confuse people who aren't used to it. It didn't happen the last time a binary format change happened (COFF on SysV?). It's still Assembler OUTput. The Union Of Pixies raised an objection claiming racism. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator Free your mind -- http://www.opensource.org/ -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message