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Subject: Re: [9fans] Non-stack-based calling conventions
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On 2/17/08, Eris Discordia <eris.discordia@gmail.com> wrote:

> do Plan 9 compilers output COFF object files?

not typically, but some of the linkers can be instructed to. see the
-Hn argument in 2l(1). the list of what the linkers can generate isn't
documented, but look for HEADTYPE in /sys/src/cmd/[12578kqv]l/obj.c. i
haven't had a machine to try the output on in several years, but vl's
documented ability to produce IRIX coff executables at least used to
work.