From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] shared objects in Unix
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:11:42 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1803301009140.3361@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABH=_VQvhHKemfOOvVFSu9K+Go1LB5e2Ck214KdLJvtE--z8Hg@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 29 Mar 2018, Paul Winalski wrote:
[...]
> What is the history of shared objects on Unix? When did they first
> appear, and with what object/executable file format? The a.out ZMAGIC
> format doesn't seem to support them. I don't recall if COFF does.
> MACH-O, at least the MacOS dialect of it, supports dynamic libraries.
> ELF supports them.
I first saw 'em when they appeared in SunOS (can't remember which release)
and thought they were wonderful, along with loadable drivers.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-29 23:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-29 21:37 Paul Winalski
2018-03-29 22:01 ` Henry Bent
2018-03-29 22:26 ` Warner Losh
2018-03-29 23:11 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
2018-03-29 23:22 ` Warner Losh
2018-03-29 23:24 ` Larry McVoy
2018-03-30 0:22 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-30 1:46 ` Larry McVoy
2018-03-30 4:28 ` Clem cole
2018-03-30 20:52 ` Jon Forrest
2018-03-30 22:42 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-30 23:29 ` Paul Winalski
2018-04-03 15:49 ` Derek Fawcus
2018-03-30 1:20 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-03-30 0:40 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-30 1:35 ` Charles H. Sauer
2018-03-30 2:10 ` Larry McVoy
2018-03-30 2:34 ` Charles H. Sauer
2018-03-30 3:04 ` Warner Losh
2018-03-30 20:33 ` Charles H Sauer
2018-03-30 3:00 ` Ron Natalie
2018-03-30 21:53 ` Steve Johnson
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