[Gllug] ELF, LSB [...] , stripped

[Dylan]

On Sunday 20 October 2002 19:14, Nix wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Pete Ryland spake:
> >                                                        the so-called
> > 'a.out' format (of origin unknown to me... minix-based?)
>
> Much older than that. It wasn't a format inasmuch as a lump of binary
> data and conventions about how to use this mess to build shared
> libraries (which was most unpleasant).
>
> ELF, on the other hand, *is* a properly designed format, and a damned
> nice one too. Much nicer than that COFF monster.

What was/is the COFF monster (is it anything like the closet monster, or 
cookie monster even?)

>
>  is still actually supported
>
> > by the kernel in case you have any binary-only stuff still around.
> >
> >> - LSB I don't know what it means, a type of executable perhaps ?
> >
> > as said, little-endian.  that is, least-significant bit first.  other
> > possibility is MSB i.e. big-endian.  for more info about endianness, see
> > http://www.google.com/search?q=endianness&btnI=yes

In view of this, is there a kernel/libc/watever function to do the 
transposition, and if not why not?

Dylan

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