Re: Linking scripts and interpreters into an executable

Bob McWhirter wrote:


> Also, if you turn the problem inside out, couldn't just about any
> language that provides an embedded context (tcl, perl, python) be
> linked together with the necessary libs to produce an executable?


No need to turn anything inside out. The original idea really was
that any scripting language could be handled this way. The spec
of the ELF format is a good foundation to build on and the GNU
binutils are just the right tools for modifying ELF binaries.


Next month, when I have a bit more time, I will implement the rest
that has to be done for packing an AWK or Bourne shell script plus
interpreter into one executable.


Thanks to all who answered and to our moderator for letting this
strange discussion happen in comp.compilers.


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