Re: flat binary

From	"Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: flat binary
Date	2014-09-19 15:50 -0400
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"Jongware" <jongware@no-spam.plz> wrote in message 
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 The header in an executable file is to inform an OS of what's in the
> file, but if there is no OS to start with, headers are of no use.
>
> GIF is a bad example, because not every 'binary' is "executable code". GIF 
> files *do* have a header, but since a GIF is not executable it's an 
> irrelevant example.
>
> Example #1: boot code.
> Example #2: burn your code onto a chip.
> Example #3: a custom OS.

    So these 3 examples are situations you would need a flat binary then. I 
see.

Bill

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flat binary "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-09-18 16:08 -0400
  Re: flat binary Jongware <jongware@no-spam.plz> - 2014-09-19 11:36 +0200
    Re: flat binary "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-09-19 15:50 -0400

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