IIRC the Amiga did the same...
On Aug 22, 2005, at 9:19 PM, Charles Mills wrote:
Okay, while we're wasting time here anyway <g> I've got a question.
Why
x'DEADBEEF'?
I recall that on AIX on the RS/6000, that was what the OS filled
unallocated memory with. If you referenced un-initialized malloc
("GETMAIN") storage, you got dead beef, rather than 0. Kind of a cool
feature - more recognizable for debugging than an unintended 0.
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