(Author here) Thanks for explaining this more succinctly than I can :)
Just one nitpick:
> decent amount of stuff that has to be done in main before you run _start
should read
> decent amount of stuff that has to be done in _start before you run main
Analogously, cleanup code like running global destructors usually happens in _start/CRT after main returns, but I skipped that in the post for the sake of brevity.
Just one nitpick:
> decent amount of stuff that has to be done in main before you run _start
should read
> decent amount of stuff that has to be done in _start before you run main
Analogously, cleanup code like running global destructors usually happens in _start/CRT after main returns, but I skipped that in the post for the sake of brevity.