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Bss means... (correction)

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j...@hou5a.uucp

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Nov 20, 1983, 5:05:20 PM11/20/83
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"Blamk"??? - sorry Blank !
Jonathan Clark
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j...@allegra.uucp

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Nov 20, 1983, 7:09:26 PM11/20/83
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I am amused, although not very surprised, by the multitude of misinformation
being posted here by people who do not know what "bss" stands for, but who
think that they do.

How much should these people be trusted when they express their opinion on a
more substantive matter?

Cheers,
John ("But At Least One Person Was Right") DeTreville
Bell Labs, Murray Hill

Kenneth Almquist

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Nov 29, 1983, 2:02:48 PM11/29/83
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According to the Lil manual, written by P. J. Plauger, "bss" is an acronym
from antiquity standing for "block started by symbol". (To answer the next
question, Lil is a very low level language that went away a long time ago.)
Kenneth Almquist
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