Re: Curiousity: pragma No_Run_Time for Gnat

["M. A. Alves" <maa@liacc.up.pt>]

The Meanings of "Pure" II

Sergey wrote:
> Well, GNAT has to generate the object files in *some* format, and
> unless you have a cross-compiling version, it'll be ELF on Linux and
> PE (COFF) on Win32.

You mean there is no plain x86 code?  A simple sequence of machine code
instructions?  "Pure" code?

Is the good old Van Neuman architecture at risk?

(I am no guru with object code formats, but there must be a neutral one,
with no "brand" on it (except the processor's).  I assume ELF or PE or
COFF is not such a thing, or else this discussion is meaningless.)

Personally for the hobby OS in Ada I am only interested in a "pure"
approach.  No fancy loaders, no branded formats, in sum no dependencies:
pure = truly free.

Cheers,

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