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To: libra <mr924352@cs.nthu.edu.tw>
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Subject: Re: About ELF and COFF
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From: Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 06:03:00 -0000
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libra <mr924352@cs.nthu.edu.tw> writes:
> Is there any documentation about ELF is better than COFF?
> Which problems the ELF correct that exist with COFF?

Take a look at this article:

    ELF: An Object File to Mitigate Mischievous Misoneism
    James Q. Arnold
    USENIX June 1990