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KestrelComputer / kestrel

The Kestrel is a family of home-made computers, built as much as possible on open-source technology, and supporting as much as possible the open-source philosophy.
http://kestrelcomputer.github.io/kestrel
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On ELF, Part 1 #272

Closed sam-falvo closed 6 years ago

sam-falvo commented 6 years ago

I've been meaning to get this off my chest for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

larsbrinkhoff commented 6 years ago

Yes, ELF is complex.

But have you seen PE executables?

sam-falvo commented 6 years ago

I'm focusing on what I know.

PE are based on COFF, and I've seen their header layouts, and it's clinically insane. But that doesn't detract from ELF's deficiencies in any way.

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 11:35 PM, Lars Brinkhoff notifications@github.com wrote:

Yes, ELF is complex.

But have you seen PE executables?

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