title: x64 Portable Executable section order
body: <p>Can the 3 essential sections: .data (resources), .rdata (imports), and .text (instructions) in the Portable Executable (.exe) file format be in any order as long as the 'Address of Entry Point' field points to the .text section?  It seems like having the instructions (.text) be first is a big pain in the butt since you have to calculate the imports and resources sections to actually WRITE the instructions section...</p>
  
  <p>This is what I'm going off of: <a href="https://i.imgur.com/LIImg.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/LIImg.jpg</a></p>
  
  <p>What about for run-time performance?</p>