[TUHS] Origins of the SGS (System Generation Software) and COFF (Common Object File Format)

[arnold at skeeve.com]

Arno Griffioen via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 05:45:16AM -0700, arnold at skeeve.com wrote:
> > With tar and cpio, ar apparently fell out of use as a general
> > archiver, and today it's only used for libraries of relocatable
> > object files.
>
> 'ar' is alive and well as the archive format for .deb files though, so it 
> could be argued that it's actually hugely in use as an archiver all across 
> the world :)
>
> 							Bye, Arno.

I wasn't aware of that. Thanks.