> > Only the ability to load and execute a.out stuff would have to remain. 
> > Everything else could exit stage left.

>Uhhh ... then we couldn't build the "intermidiary a.out boot loader".

Sorry, spoke to quickly.  Yes we still need some a.out stuff.  But the less the
better. ;-)

nlist(), ar, nm, strip, ps/w, 'top', etc. could then be cleaned up for ELF usage
only.

Yes, more design/research is needed if/when we decided to go ELF.  In the interm
I'll attempt to build up a multi-OMF style toolchain.

erik