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Variable Initialization

• The binding of a variable to a value at the time it is bound to storage is called initialization

• Often done on the declaration statement

• An Ada example:

      sum : Float := 0.0;   
  

• Can be static or dynamic (depending on when storage is bound)

• Typically once for static variables, once per allocation for non-static variables