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Date:      Sat, 28 Oct 1995 15:08:21 -0700
From:      Jeffrey Hsu <hsu>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ld problems
Message-ID:  <199510282208.PAA02611@freefall.freebsd.org>

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  > I'm trying to port a concurrent language which was originally written 

  > The problem is that the initial version only works if it is statically
  > linked

This is the biggest single reason I know of to move to a standard
executable format, namely ELF.  There are a lot of unported languages,
debuggers, and useful programming utilities out there for which
the biggest obstacle is having to write ad-hoc code specifically for
FreeBSD's current binary format.  Whenever I port a new language,
this is usually the first thing I have to modify.  At some point,
you really start wishing for a standard executable format.

						Jeffrey



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