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   executable.  When both definitions were weak, however, some of the   
   compilers produced optimized executables with NO storage at all   
   allocated for the name 'x'.   
      
   I know this isn't a C forum and nobody (including me) cares much to   
   debate what is right or wrong about C.  But for the sake of a   
   discussion about compilers, how would you handle the situation if it   
   were up to you?   
      
   George   
      
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