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* '''Loading as a flat binary.''' All executables that aren't flat binaries have a header up front. Blatantly loading a file and starting at the start will execute the header instead of your code. Again, there is a tutorial that tries to get away with this. |
* '''Loading as a flat binary.''' All executables that aren't flat binaries have a header up front. Blatantly loading a file and starting at the start will execute the header instead of your code. Again, there is a tutorial that tries to get away with this. |
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* '''Assuming the entry point is at the start'''. The linker has a certain amount of freedom in what order it loads the object files, and so does the compiler. That makes that main doesn't need to be at the start of the code section. |
* '''Assuming the entry point is at the start'''. The linker has a certain amount of freedom in what order it loads the object files, and so does the compiler. That makes that main doesn't need to be at the start of the code section. |
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[[Category:Executable Formats]] [[Category:Theory]] |
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