Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: Dropping a.out support | Date | 2 May 1997 11:34:43 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.9705021150.AA03467@hzsbc259.lucent.com>, Peter Mutsaers <plm@lucent.com> wrote: >>> On Fri, 2 May 1997 13:39:34 +0200 (MET DST), Thomas Koenig >>> <ig25@mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de> said: > > TK> Dropping a.out support would also go a long way towards > TK> establishing that Linux is NOT a serious operating system. It > TK> would also penalize those companies who first showed trust in > TK> Linux by making their commercial software available at a time > TK> when a.out was the only recognized format. > >Would not any serious commercial vendor have a new ELF release of >there product, more than 2 years after it has been introduced?
No; I'm still producing code in the a.out format because it's faster than elf. (this is quantum chemistry modelling code; the elf versions are substantially slower than the a.out versions. For $20,000 a copy, it's not unreasonable to assume that people want the fastest code they can buy.)
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