Re: object/load module formats

geoff@fcca.csi.com (Geoff Baldwin)
Wed, 16 Feb 1994 17:37:29 GMT

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From: geoff@fcca.csi.com (Geoff Baldwin)
Keywords: linker
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 94-02-094
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 17:37:29 GMT

You should look at ANSI/IEEE Std 695-1990 IEEE Standard for Microprocessor
Universal Format for Object Modules, available from IEEE Customer Service,
phone 1-800-678-IEEE.


This is a different approach: rather than using a turbo-encrufted data
structure, such as is used by "coff", it uses a very simple Reverse Polish
Notation, with great advantages for speed, compactness, flexibility and
simplicity.


I speak as a charter member of the P695 Working Group, and as a subsequent
implementor and user of the Standard. It is very well suited for cross-
development situations such as you describe.
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