Shared Libraries: Unique to Suns??

Warren Tucker wht at n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US
Thu Mar 28 14:32:58 AEST 1991


In article <1991Mar23.000143.3652 at dg-rtp.dg.com> goudreau at larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) writes:
>In article <5084a913.20b6d at apollo.HP.COM>, vinoski at apollo.HP.COM (Stephen Vinoski) writes:
>> 
>> Yes, Sun invented shared libraries, even though Apollo has had them since
>> 1980 or 1981...   :-)
>
>Not to mention Multics....

Or RCA TSOS, which had 'em in 1971.  The booger could support 55 users
in 1 meg of memory. (Of course the users were using ASR-33s for the most part).
 
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Warren Tucker, TuckerWare, Mountain Park, GA         wht at n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US
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