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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: what is BSS and BSSEND
Message-ID: <9816@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 8 Mar 89 02:45:55 GMT
References: <15487@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <15487@cup.portal.com> HyperDriven@cup.portal.com (Joseph C McDonald) writes:
>    Anyone know for sure what they stand for?

Yes, but since this question burns up an immense amount of net bandwidth
every couple of years, I don't think we should discuss it here.  Why does
it matter where the names came from, anyway?  The historical origin of
the name "BSS" has little to do with its current usage.