On Wed, 06 Dec 1995 19:26:46 -0600 
 "Erik M. Theisen" <etheisen@teclink.net> wrote:

 > The tools are the least of the problems.  The system interfaces is were things
 > pick up steam.  The various interfaces are differnt enough to cause problems. 

Can you please explain what you mean by "system interfaces"?  If you mean 
the hooks to exec, or whatever, we already have a co-existing exec_elf 
and exec_aout ...

(Sorry, to me "system" == "kernel")

 > No doubt something will, but, ELF is expandable enough to support new platforms,
 > whereas a.out isn't. 

So let ELF support them.  But for those who work fine with a.out, I see 
_no_ reason to switch.  I think this is the point everyone else is trying 
to make.  If we're striving for stability, then we shouldn't fix 
something that isn't broken.

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