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From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Cobol Data Corporation Cyber 180 (was Re: 64 bits)
Message-ID: <Jan.9.15.59.36.1989.948@ron.rutgers.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 89 20:59:38 GMT
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> - only two segments, static+heap and stack.
> - no shared codes except libraries staticly assigned to segments.

This has little to do with the operating system, but more to do with
the underlying hardware.  UNIX on certain enlightened systems have
both features.  It's just hard to implement these things portably
when you may or may not be able to support them on a given architecture.

_Ron