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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:02:07 -0700
From: "David O'Brien" <freebsd-performance@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 06:58:21PM -0000, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
> Why doesn't the compiler
> automatically merge some bss into data when that saves a page?

That is a question for gcc@gcc.gnu.org.  We use a 99% stock GCC 3.2.2.