From: "Paul Derbyshire" <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: COFF obsolete, let's port to Elf for version 3
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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 07:21:24 GMT
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I say it's time to dump coff and use elf for djgpp 3.0.

Coff problems:
  * Glitches with nested functions, see "GCC bug?" thread.
  * Template instantiation problems.
  * Limit on debug info forces some people to compile some programs with no
debug info.

I don't expect this will be easy, so I am content to wait a while before seeing
3.0...

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