Request: make coff2omf free

[John Reimer]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:42:13 +1100, Daniel Keep wrote:

> I'm certainly no expert but from what I do know, the container the code
> is kept in is largely irrelevant.  All that really matters is that it's
> for the right CPU (hopefully the one you're using) and that a few other
> things are done the same way (like exceptions).
> 
> I think it's kind of like the difference between a text file stored in
> an archive.  Whether you use ZIP, RAR or 7z is beside the point: it's
> more important that the text file is in a language you understand :P
> 
> Finally, I believe the mention of OS-independent libraries was referring
> to the possibility of writing shims that, providing the code was for the
> right CPU, would resolve the other differences like exception handling.
>  But then, I could be wrong :P
> 
> 	-- Daniel
>


Yes, well, one still needs the software to unzip the archives. :P

Following this analogy, windows doesn't have this for elf executables.

-JJR