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Date:      Mon, 30 Sep 1996 08:31:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@Sarnoff.COM>
To:        FreeBSD-hackers <FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: stack 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.960930082951.10162F-100000@terra>
In-Reply-To: <5718.843944441@time.cdrom.com>

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On Sat, 28 Sep 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > When I allocate something on the stack, isn't it supposed to be completely
> > zero?
> Uh, no?  Not at any point in history? :-)

no, actually, this used to work in many cases, although it should not have. 
See, for example, PDP-11. Led to lots of amusement when programs moved ...

ron



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