My Textbook says that:

*"Functions and initialized global variables get strong symbols. Uninitialized global variables get weak symbols.Given a strong symbol and multiple weak symbols, choose the strong symbol"*

So I create two files to see:

file1.c:

```
int number;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{
    printf("%d",number);
    return 0;
}

```

file2.c (just one line):

```
int number = 2018;

```

and I ran `gcc -Wall -o program file1.c file2.c` and the output is 0, which I can understand before I study linker ('number' in file1.c has been initialized to 0), but after I study how linker works, I start to wonder why the output is not 2018, since the 'number' in file2 is strong symbol(initialized global variable) and the 'number' in file1 is weak symbol, so the linker will choose the strong one whose value is 2018, so why the linker choose the weak symbol?