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Date:      Wed, 03 Jan 1996 20:23:54 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Demand loading (Re: FreeBSD, Zappa & PCI) 
Message-ID:  <26430.820729434@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jan 1996 21:35:59 EST." <Pine.SUN.3.91.960103213250.12408D-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu> 

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> Jordan, I can understand your first argument, but since SVR4 has been 
> running ELF for quite some time now, well, the second argument is a 
> little harder to see, for me.  Does ELF really still qualify as new 
> technology?

Chuck, think a moment here.  What *technology* to implement ELF
executables was used by SVR4?  Is it the same technology we have
available to us?  No.  Then what?  The GNU stuff.  Has the GNU
stuff been speaking ELF for long?  No.  I rest my case.

					Jordan



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