Shared libraries

[david newall]

In article <32873 at news.Think.COM>, barmar at think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
> In article <6256 at levels.sait.edu.au> CCDN at levels.sait.edu.au (david newall) writes:
>>UCSD p-System had the first implementation of shared libraries I know of.
>
> Did the p-System predate Multics, which was developed in the mid-60's?

I don't recall when UCSD first did the p-System -- I think it was early
'70s.  I can't even say for certain that p-System version-I had shared
libraries (I know version II did), although I do seem to recall that it
did.  Anyway, it sounds like Multics's shared libraries pre-date UCSD's.


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