brk's zero-fill behavior on VAXen (useful undefined checks)

[David Herron, NPR Lover]

Hey guys!  Why not just initialize things when you declare/allocate them?
Wouldn't that just make so much more sense?

[I can hear the chant in the back of my mind... "Fixed in C++!"]
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