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On Sat, 28 Sep 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > When I allocate something on the stack, isn't it supposed to be completely
> > zero?
> Uh, no?  Not at any point in history? :-)

no, actually, this used to work in many cases, although it should not have. 
See, for example, PDP-11. Led to lots of amusement when programs moved ...

ron