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> Writing a binary executable file is not a common situation, only compilers do that. Not only compilers. Decompressors (.zip, etc.), installers and auto-updat
by vardump 9y ago
> Writing a binary executable file is not a common situation, only compilers do that.
Not only compilers. Decompressors (.zip, etc.), installers and auto-updaters. There are more use cases for writing out executables than just compilers.
Although these cases probably write sequentially and don't need to memory map the file and update sections in a random access fashion.
- narag 9y agoLook, there are a handful of details in the description that, for the right person, clearly and right away indicates that it's a very very specific, even fringe case. Saying that "basically it means..." as if it was a general case is terribly misguided because it's not. There are already a few comments explaining just that. Insisting in a misunderstanding is not very useful.