crossplatform linking?

[Sergey Gromov]

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:13:34 +0800, davidl wrote:

> 在 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:18:55 +0800，Frits van Bommel  
> <fvbommel at remwovexcapss.nl> 写道:
> 
>> Yigal Chripun wrote:
>>> it's not a platform issue but more of a linker issue. after all, mingw  
>>> uses elf on windows, right?
>>
>> Actually, I'm pretty sure it uses a COFF variant. (Unless this has  
>> changed recently?)
> 
> I wish a unified object format, a unified linker. That's all. The  
> crossplatform shit is just annoying.

Add to this a unified compiler and a unified language.  ;-)

The reason behind different OSes and object file formats is exactly the
same as the reasons behind different programming languages.