Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!edhall@rand-unix From: edhall%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Shared system routines Message-ID: <3446@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 25-Jul-83 21:10:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3446 Posted: Mon Jul 25 21:10:00 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 26-Jul-83 23:45:58 EDT Lines: 10 The idea precedes VMS; DEC's RSTS/E for the PDP-11 has had `Run-Time Systems' for some time. They essentially allow re-entrant code to be accessed by any number of jobs at once. Even such a beast as Perkin-Elmer's OS/32 has re-entrant libraries. Any discussion as to why (or how) such a thing could/couldn't be added to UNIX? -Ed