From:	Vinzent Hoefler <JeLlyFish DOT software AT gmx DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: strange content in compiled file
Date:	Sun, 16 Jun 2002 16:43:08 +0200
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"Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <rafal AT raf256 DOT com> wrote:

>"Christian Görgen" <christiangoergen AT gmx DOT de> wrote in 
>news:aehvo9$73br1$1 AT ID-43990 DOT news DOT dfncis DOT de:
>
>> after compiling a simple HelloWorld.c-file with gcc, i found some strange
>> content in the HelloWorld.exe and HelloWorld files.
>> They contained code-sniplets auf websites i visited formerly and also
>> contents of mails, wich are saved in outlook express folders.
[...]
>
>yes, this is a bug in MsDos / Windows that don't fill with zero's new 
>blocks of memory / diskspace

And so why does the linker output a lot of bytes of uninitialized
memory? Isn't it supposed to output just the things it needs to create
the executable?


Vinzent.

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