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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Ben Black wrote:

> this actually reminds me of something i have been wondering about: is 
> there any desire to switch from a.out to another binary format like OLF 
> that is better suited to multi-architecture use.
> 
> 
> b3n

  There is already work underway.  Someone has made an elf-kit for FreeBSD
that allows you to build some bits of the system as elf bins.

Tom