Ben Pfaff wrote: > Hmm, also ELF stands for "Executable and Linking Format", not > "Extensible Linking Format".
Indeed, that's the term that is being used in the specs, since at least 1995. But when I first heard about ELF, it was emphasizing "Extensible Linking Format" because — unlike the a.out format — it allows for all kinds of sections (not just .text, .data, .bss, and debug). See also [1]. Bruno [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format
