elf or ecoff

[Jeff Sturm]

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> 
> On Jan  4, 2001, Darrell Bellert <dbellert@boulder.qms.com> wrote:
> 
> > Can someone please explain the difference between an elf target and an
> > ecoff target, or point me to a site where this is explained?
> 
> Basically, ELF is a nice binary format, whereas ECOFF is an extension
> of COFF, which is not as nice.  If you have the option, I'd recommend
> ELF.

ELF is much more modern and flexible, that is.  You can argue whether PIC is
nice or not...

I found John Levine's "Linkers & Loaders" a great text for this sort of stuff. 
I don't know any online resources, however.

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Jeff Sturm
jeff.sturm@commerceone.com