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From: jgoerzen@complete.org (John Goerzen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: ELF
Date: 16 Dec 1995 19:01:42 -0600
Organization: Communications Centre (+1 316 367 8490)
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Can somebody please tell me what ELF stands for, what it is, and why it is
beneficial?

I keep seeing this mentioned, esp. in the FreeBSD vs. Linux wars.  I don't
know what it is.

Thanks.

-- 
John Goerzen, programmer and owner   | MICRO$oft only exists because some
Communications Centre & Complete BBS | people are too dumb to get something
E-mail jgoerzen@complete.org         | better, such as FreeBSD.