[TUHS] shared objects in Unix
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Fri Mar 30 09:11:42 AEST 2018
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.
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