> That's not what I was trying to say. One can leave the objects, and
> objects in .a files, and tables of contents, in ECOFF/native
> DECstation format right up until the final link step -- and only
> *then* smash them into a.out.  Either with gnu ld, linked
> with a bdf configured to know about a.out _and_ ECOFF; or with
> a handwritten special-purpose tool.
> 
> This might lose debugging symbols, but everything else should be fine.
> I've done much the same thing before, even with the Ultrix cc and
> cfront, to produce binaries for the V kernel.

Go for it. Any progress is good progress 8-).

- Marc
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