Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen
From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: where does bss come from?
Message-ID: <1416@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Sep-86 11:37:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: psivax.1416
Posted: Wed Sep  3 11:37:42 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Sep-86 20:11:47 EDT
References: <2627@burdvax.UUCP> <513@zeus.UUCP>
Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
Lines: 15

In article <513@zeus.UUCP> bobr@zeus.UUCP (Robert Reed) writes:
>To my recollection, BSS is an old mnemonic from early IBM days, standing for
>Block Started by Symbol, and related to BES, Block Ended by Symbol.

	Since this stuff is being posted, I will add my two cents
worth. These assembly pseudo-ops were/are not restricted to old IBM
systems, Honeywell/GE mainframes also use them. At least they used to,
and since they are still maintaining upward compatiblity I cannot
imagine them changing the assembler a great deal.
---

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

UUCP: {ttidca|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|quad1|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!friesen
ARPA: ??