Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 08:28:25 -0500
Message-Id: <199703101328.IAA24666@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <5g0abj$ser@freenet-news.carleton.ca> (ao950@FreeNet.Carleton.CA)
Subject: Re: crt0?


> Whither the name crt0? It seems weird that the acronym for a Cathode Ray
> Tube would find its way into the name for anything other than perhaps, a
> video driver.

The correct acronym expansion, as listed in the Lexicon, is:

	C RunTime
        ^ ^  ^

crt0 is the first (zeroth) object linked into a C program, and its
purpose is to set up the C runtime environment.