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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.isp.net!trout.progroup.com!seabass.progroup.com!news From: Craig Shaver <craig@progroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 22:48:01 -0800 Organization: Productivity Group, Inc. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <316613A1.59E2B600@progroup.com> References: <4issad$h1o@nadine.teleport.com> <4jejjt$cdb@park.uvsc.edu> <315E0F1A.4E3FB53D@lucon.org> <Pine.LNX.3.91.960401105810.31921A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> <4jso8v$n5i@dyson.iquest.net> <31642098.75AB4317@gnu.ai.mit.edu> <4k2cvc$j8e@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: seabass.progroup.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Terry Lambert wrote: del .... > > In other words, why is it necessary for FreeBSD to switch over > to ELF? "To find ELF bugs" is a silly rationale, even if > FreeBSD were the only source of feedback... > > I don't disagree that there *can be* long term benefits to ELF, > only that there is any immediate benefit, other than "it is new, > we must flock to it in a zombie-like stupor". > Doesn't elf help with c++ linking problems? > Terry Lambert > terry@cs.weber.edu > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088