Re: Will a.out disappear?

Carl V Streeter (streeter@cae.wisc.edu)
Tue, 20 Feb 1996 19:38:09 -0600 (CST)

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Eric Youngdale writes:
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> Huh? What's wrong with the ELF tools and libraries?

Well, you see, since ELF shared libraries are less of a hack than a.out shared
libraries, commercial companies are VERY uneasy about them. Just Look at the
broadbased support for windows 3.1.

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