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From: gregory@ritcsh.csh.rit.edu (Greg Conway)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Just above and below main()
Message-ID: <1991Apr13.042343.20020@ritcsh.csh.rit.edu>
Date: 13 Apr 91 04:23:43 GMT
References: <1243@nanometrics.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Science House @ RIT, Rochester, NY.
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In article <1243@nanometrics.UUCP> stealth@nanometrics.portal.UUCP (Steve Sabram) writes:
>int outside;
>
>main()
>{
>int inside;
>...
>}

>Our debate is which one of these 
>two are initialized to zero if
>any.  


The answer you are looking for is in K&R II, section 4.9, paragraph 2.
I found it in the index under "Externals, initialization of". 


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		Gregory Conway @ Computer Science House, RIT
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