Re: Different executables of the same source

["Alex Vinokur" <alexvn at connect dot to>]

"Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer@krafteurope.com> wrote in message
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>"Alex Vinokur" wrote:
>[...]
>>$ gcc foo.c -o x1.exe
>>
>>$ gcc foo.c -o x2.exe
>>
>>$ cmp x1.exe x2.exe
>>x1.exe x2.exe differ: char 137, line 2
>>
>>Why are x1.exe and x2.exe different?

>Because the PE header has a field that contains
>the creation time.
[snip]

What does 'the PE header' mean?

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