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Re: compile error when using newer version ecos configurat ion tool
Alex Schuilenburg wrote:
...
> I asked the compiler folks around here. The answer I got was that
> "bss" was actually the mnemonic for the IBM/370 instruction that
> zero'ed a section of memory, and hence how the naming of the section was
> derived.
>
> No-one can recall what the mnemonics actually stood for though - not old
> enough ;-)
Correction :-)
It was a PDP10 instruction and not an IBM/370 as originally reported
and it really stands for:
Block Started By Symbol.
As reported by "jf simon" <jfsimon@mageos.com>
Clear as mud really...
-- Alex