Very interesting. When I was hand-writing ELFs, it took me a while to grok sections vs. segments. If you ever run across a history of executable formats and the

Very interesting. When I was hand-writing ELFs, it took me a while to grok sections vs. segments. If you ever run across a history of executable formats and the motivations for the particular decisions made with ELF, I'd love to read that. The main thing that surprised me was how loose of a format ELF is compared to the much more rigid conventions imposed by modern mainstream compilers.