> > No. The trouble of crosscompiling to *nix doesn't lie in ELF, but in the way
> > of shared linking that requires (in the current form) libraries on the host.

> Yes, but the bottom line is:
> 
> -it is easier to create an ELF on a unix like system.

Because? The base problem of having to have libs on host is actually worse
on e.g. Linux, because of possible mixing of files.
 
> I'm more interested in the bottom line of whether it is easier to build web
> programs on a Mac for typical linux and bsd web servers than it is on a 
> Windows
> PC.

It's exactly the same. Even if Mac were ELF, which it isn't.
 
> I've done cross compiling many times and it is a pain in the butt to
> create the Elf on windows. I gave up and use CoLinux which is slow but
> much easier than the painful process of cross compiling and running around
> searching for all linux .SO and other files.

It's a problem of the target, not the host.
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