7 Feb
2002
7 Feb
'02
1:19 a.m.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
I've heard the 0xDEADBEEF pretty commonly to initialize empty memory.
The NeXT black hardware binaries used 0xFEEDFACE as their magic number,
and I think the fat binaries (or maybe it was the Intel?) used 0xCAFEBABE.
-brian.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Jim Battle wrote:
My favorite
bogus fill value/return code (because it is obvious, not
because it traps if executed) is 0xDEADBEEF.
One I've often used is 0xDEADF00D, same meaning I suppose :)