Linkers and Loaders (1999)

Re:Linkers and Loaders (1999) by dtornabene on Sunday November 11, 2018 @10:03AM (#18426671)

curious how useful this would be given that the published date of the book is 2000 and this link is 1999. Serious question if anyone can answer it, I'm getting into lowlevel work lately and would appreciate the education if its still an accurate reflection of technique/technology.

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Re:Linkers and Loaders (1999) by theoh on Sunday November 11, 2018 @03:14PM (#18428319)

I bought a copy back then out of curiosity (as a Linux user). It's an excellent book, and I don't think many of the techniques described in it are out of date. Things like the ELF format still form the infrastructure for Linux binaries. There's a bit of historical info too, but IMO reading that is analogous to reading about a language like C — it's of central importance if you want to understand how and why these systems developed.

So, I would recommend it.

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Re:Linkers and Loaders (1999) by dtornabene on Sunday November 11, 2018 @10:19PM (#18430349)

thanks for taking the time to respond, much appreciated.

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