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Re: ELF
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: ELF |
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Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:45:30 +0100 |
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Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Hmm, also ELF stands for "Executable and Linking Format", not
> "Extensible Linking Format".
Indeed, that's the term that is being used in the specs, since at least 1995.
But when I first heard about ELF, it was emphasizing "Extensible Linking Format"
because — unlike the a.out format — it allows for all kinds of sections
(not just .text, .data, .bss, and debug). See also [1].
Bruno
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format