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Date: Sun 22-Jun-1991 19:25:42 From: grd@ccrma.stanford.edu (glen diener) Subject: NeXT humor Ever wonder if the mach magic number, 0xfeedface, is coincidental, or was someone displaying their humor? On a similar note, when running gdb, I frequently find that stale pointers show up with the address 0xdeadbeef. Hmm. -glen diener grd@ccrma.stanford.edu
Date: Sun 24-Jun-1991 19:37:04 From: Gerhard.Moeller@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Gerhard Moeller) Subject: Re: NeXT humor grd@ccrma.stanford.edu (glen diener) writes: >Ever wonder if the mach magic number, 0xfeedface, is coincidental, >or was someone displaying their humor? On a similar note, >when running gdb, I frequently find that stale pointers show >up with the address 0xdeadbeef. Hmm. >-glen diener >grd@ccrma.stanford.edu > as far as i know, magic numbers are put to the processor to give him a special state. and those numbers are just a choice of some people who hope that they do not appear by accident. therefor feedface, deadbeef, and many other more (as seen on suns, etc.) But im not that sure, Gerhard.
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