Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 18:57:36 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Subject: Re: a.out format Message-ID: <l03020909b08bb78905e0@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <E0xUYIo-0000rQ-00@oak68.doc.ic.ac.uk> References: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> "Re: a.out format" (Nov 8, 6:07pm)
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At 2:25 pm +0000 9/11/97, Niall Smart wrote: >On Nov 8, 6:07pm, Warner Losh wrote: >} Subject: Re: a.out format >> In message <E0xUJmp-0000Y7-00@oak65.doc.ic.ac.uk> Niall Smart writes: >> [...] Kinda like .bss (which is supposedly from an old IBM >> op code for Blank Storage Section, which was all zeros, but I'm >> digressing). > >Ah, I've also heard Block Started by Symbol, but I prefer Blank Storage >Section. Block Started by Symbol was strictly correct, an *uninitialised* hole in the allocation with a label at the front. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK
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