>>>>> "Todd" == Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> writes:
    Todd> If someone [I'm not volunteering until and unless I can get some
    Todd> *decent* ELF platform-dependent dox] were to implement simple ELF
    Todd> parsing and relocation, I'd hedge bets that a.out binaries could be
    Todd> allowed to use ELF libraries.  On some platforms this may require
    Todd> dynamic generation of trampolines for function calls--not a new
    Todd> concept--and on others, where the calling convention is the same
    Todd> between formats, no conversion will be required.

    Todd> Before you say "it ain't possible", consider this: Solaris does it.
    Todd> (Run the Solaris ldd on a SunOS 4.x binary sometime.)

    Todd> [Quick] thoughts?

  Please! I'm in favour of it.
  I know next to nothing about the details of this stuff (your message told
me lots I didn't know). It would help immensely with the transition.

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