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To: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij)
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Subject: Re: stack 
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 18:48:48 +0200
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
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In message <199609281520.RAA05793@gvr.win.tue.nl>, Guido van Rooij writes:
>When I allocate something on the stack, isn't it supposed to be completely
>zero?
>like:
>main(int argc, char **argv) {
>	char buf[1000];
>
>...
>}
>
>Then buf should be zero, or am I missing something here?

no, only it it had been static would you get such a guarantee.

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