Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!ncar!husc6!spdcc!ftp!wjr From: wjr@ftp.COM (Bill Rust) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: BSS data segment Message-ID: <697@ftp.COM> Date: 9 Aug 89 21:40:09 GMT References: <20900001@inmet> <2006@se-sd.NCR.COM> Reply-To: wjr@ftp.UUCP (Bill Rust) Organization: FTP Software, Inc. Lines: 20 In article <2006@se-sd.NCR.COM> rns@se-sd.UUCP (Rick Schubert (AEP)) writes: >In article <20900001@inmet> mark@inmet writes: >>As a new comer to UNIX and C I have always wondered what BSS stands for?? >If you are a newcomer to UNIX and C, how long is this "always"? > >(Sorry about the non-technical posting and non-answer, but I thought my >posting might be a nice break from the repetitive answers to this repetitive >question.) Give the guy a break. He asked a simple question and about 15 people were nice enough to respond. I thought that the purpose of this system was to disseminate information. If the question isn't up to your standards, fine, ignore it, but don't go beating up people because of it. Yes, some questions should have the response RTFM, but trivia like this frequently isn't in TFM and sometimes, it is helpful to know what it means. In short, if you want to respond, respond, otherwise don't waste the bandwidth. Bill Rust (wjr@ftp.com)