Whitesmith and static variable init.

[Sanand Patel]

A possible reason that all variables must be explicitly initialized is
due to the fact the White* compilers often generate assembler code
for various (non-un*x) operating systems. The assembled code
is then run through the native (non-white*) assemblers and linkers.
I suppose that not all assemblers and loaders know how to figure out
when to assign storage to these kinds of variables.

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