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From: kerchen@iris.ucdavis.edu (Paul Kerchen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: different parts of an ST binary.
Keywords: bss
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Date: 8 Aug 88 06:02:29 GMT
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In article <8136@watdragon.waterloo.edu> rfpfeifle@violet.waterloo.edu (Ron Pfeifle) writes:
>I'm curious about the way binaries are stored prior to being loaded for
>execution, and about what the loader does to the program being loaded.
>
>But what is the bss section for?  And what does the loader do to addresses
>in all three sections?  
>
The bss section is where the UNinitialized variable space is stored.
The data section just has initialized data.  As for your other
questions, I do not know.  As a matter of fact, I'd be interested in
finding out the format of ST binaries as well.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Ron


Paul Kerchen				| kerchen@iris.ucdavis.edu
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