Michael Stachowsky questions

• Intel hex format and position independent code using gcc
• Under what circumstances, if any, would an executable ELF file (type == EXEC) not have section headers?
• How are registers and other information preserved during function calls in C?
• C++: Can function pointers be traced back to the original function before compilation without looking at the function name?
• When is the gcc flag -nostartfiles used?

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