Hi, Rowan.

RC> Answering msg from Glenn D'Abrera to Anyone,
RC> on Thursday June 08 1995 at 10:06

RC>  GDA> does anyone know what BSS refers to in borlandc's far data segment?

RC> Hi Glenn,

RC>     While this is not a direct answer, I was coding with TASM only minutes
RC> ago and noticed that the MAP file had a similar reference:

RC>  Start  Stop   Length Name               Class

RC>  00000H 00971H 00972H _TEXT              CODE
RC>  00972H 00984H 00013H _DATA              DATA
RC>  00986H 00A51H 000CCH _BSS               BSS

RC>     In this case, _BSS is unitialised data, that is, it's a memory location
RC> reference without an explicit initial value. Hope this is of some help.

I can't remember what it stands for either, but it was the pseudo
op-code to reserve uninitialised storage (ie, same meaning) on the
very first computer I ever used, a CDC-3200. I don't think I'll tell you
the year. :-)

Regards, FIM.

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