> I like that explanation better than Vance's:-) - the C semantics specify
> that static variables are initialized to zero... (unless an initial
> value is given, of course).
>
> --Per Hedeland
I disagree:
$ cat > t.c
main()
{
int var;
printf("var=%d\n", var);
}
$ gcc -o t t.c
$ ./t
var=134484863
-Vance