Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!cmcl2!rna!n44a!wjh12!genrad!decvax!mulga!kre From: kre@mulga.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: re: A new topic (no, it may not be!) Message-ID: <291@mulga.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-May-84 22:53:41 EDT Article-I.D.: mulga.291 Posted: Fri May 25 22:53:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jun-84 07:01:36 EDT References: <116@mhuxv.UUCP> Lines: 10 I don't believe this. BSS is/was block starting with symbol. It dates from ancient IBM assemblers. There was also BES for block ending with symbol, where the label was assigned the value of the end of the reserved space. I'm certain that someone said all this just a short while ago. Maybe this should be added to the "Answers to frequently asked questions" in net.announce.newusers, that I just know every one of you has read ... Robert Elz decvax!mulga!kre