[coyotos-dev] Executable format for Coyotos

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 08:00 +0100, Pierre THIERRY wrote:
> Scribit Jonathan S. Shapiro dies 08/03/2007 hora 23:51:
> > > That should be quite easier than creating an ELF executable. This
> > > would be useful at least when prototyping the compiler...
> > Yes, though caution is in order: don't forget the need for debugging
> > information!
> 
> Well, I wouldn't expect my prototype to output DWARF initially. Would it
> be needed to settle for BitC-specific conventions for it? It seems some
> languages have such conventions, like C, C++, Ada or FORTRAN...

I can't think of anything in BitC that cannot be expressed in DWARF. I
was only trying to point out that there is more to a compiler than
emitting a binary.