From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 9 11:21:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA29429 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 11:21:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA29408 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 11:21:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.8.4/8.8.4) with UUCP id TAA18765; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:04:56 GMT Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 18:58:13 GMT X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Warner Losh "Re: a.out format" (Nov 8, 6:07pm) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 18:57:36 +0000 To: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: a.out format Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 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