 SHT_SYMTAB on the executable (source code)

by Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37)

= `SHT_SYMTAB` on the executable

By default, NASM places a `.symtab` on the executable as well.

This is only used for debugging. Without the symbols, we are completely blind, and must reverse engineer everything.

You can strip it with `objcopy`, and the executable will still run. Such executables are called "stripped executables".

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