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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Demand loading (Re: FreeBSD, Zappa & PCI)
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 11:42:55 -0700 (MST)
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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.

So when are we going to COFF to get multiple segments in a binary?

8-) 8-) 8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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