RE: Object file formats, compilers and linkers

[David Korn <dkorn at pixelpower dot com>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Sturm [mailto:jeff.sturm@appnet.com]

>Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> > Is there some kind of easy to read (i.e. plain English)
>> > documentation on various object and executable file formats, for the
>> > novice?
>> 
>> There's a very good book on this subject, called Linkers & Loaders (or
>> something alike), but I heard it's out of print :-(
>
>I hope not... it was just published in 1999.  John Levine is 
>the author.  A very good book.  (Isn't this OT?)

 ObTopic:  Aren't there IIRC some handy links to object file format specs.
on the 'readings' page in the gcc website? (I don't know the URL offhand).

        DaveK
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