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This article is too short. I think a.out (file format) (this page) and a.out (disambiguation page with one subpage (this one)) should be merged. -- ssd 14:55, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
according to "An unsung hero: The hardworking ELF": "a.out appeared in V7 UNIX"; not in V6 UNIX
I was checking out the source for the linux kernel and the CHANGES file for 1.0 claims that support was added in 1.0
CHANGES since 0.99 patchlevel 12 and earlier: - the bad memory management one-liner bug in pl12 is naturally fixed. - compiled with plain C by default instead of C++ - ELF binary support (Eric Youngdale)"
from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v1.0/CHANGES
On http://www.quora.com/Unix/What-is-the-source-of-the-name-a-out the following link was identified discussing Thompson's PDP-7 assembler:
http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/chist.html
I'm interested in feedback - do you feel this a sufficient citation for this? if so why? why not? PaulReiber ( talk) 02:39, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
As I've heard nothing on this in some months I've modified the page to include the above URL as the citation for the name a.out. PaulReiber ( talk) 04:09, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
the Denis Ritchie's paper: The Development of the C Language redirect to http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/chist.html which is a dead link.
Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magnetwi ( talk • contribs) 15:01, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
a.out remains the default output file name for executables created by certain compilers and linkers when no output name is specified, even though these executables have been compiled and linked (not assembled)
The above sentence makes little sense. While it is possible to output the result of compiling a program, that result is useless unless you assemble and link it. The default output, for example, by compiling source.c with gcc without assembling it (that is, converting it to assembly) is source.s, not a.out. In contrast a.out is the default filename when the source has been assembled. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.130.79.38 ( talk) 11:50, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
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