Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 07:38:42 +0300 (IDT)
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On 16 Jun 2002, Rafal 'Raf256' Maj wrote:

> yes, I don't know exacly but this is AFAIK needed to reserve stack space, 
> and to create proper format of .exe

Actually, the real reason is to make the executable code aligned on disk 
for faster access.