A new topic (no, it may not be!)

[kre at mulga.UUCP]

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