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ELF might be weirder, but as an end user I much prefer it compared to having to deal with implibs and declspecs and all that nonsense on Windows.

• pjmlp 3y ago
  Stuck in Windows 3.x days? Most of that isn't needed for quite some time. Also, COFF isn't Windows only, it originated in the IBM world, and AIX is notorious for being a UNIX that doesn't favour ELF by default, even thought it supports it as well.
  • rwmj 3y ago
    That's how mingw works today. Obviously I don't use actual Windows.
    • pjmlp 3y ago
      Then don't complain what what you don't know, I guess. mingw is stuck on UNIX ways and old fashioned tooling
      • rwmj 3y ago
        All the Windows code I see still has declspec, resource files, and something still has to create an implib.
        • pjmlp 3y ago
          What can I say, plenty of legacy knowledge out there.