reg@vaxine.UUCP (Rick Genter) (05/22/84)
<This line intentionally left non blank> We've all heard about the origins of "grep". We've heard about return with and without parentheses. Well, I would like to start a new subject. Can anyone tell me the origin of the abbreviation (I am assuming it is one) BSS (that little-known section which has a size but no body that is part of every .o and a.out file)? Please send me mail; I will summarize the answers to the net. -reg Rick Genter Automatix Inc. ...!linus!vaxine!reg
pdt@mhuxv.UUCP (tyma) (05/23/84)
How about "blank-storage segment" as what "bss" stands for? (Are you *sure* we didn't go through this one a few months ago?)
gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (05/25/84)
BSS mnemonic is no a new topic! We did this one a few months back. Instead, how about: What is the new "stream" character I/O that Research UNIX is supposed to have? Could someone who knows for sure give us all a brief description? Thanks..
kre@mulga.OZ (Robert Elz) (05/26/84)
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