> It is because UNIX is written in the C language that there are even multiple flat address spaces instead of segments or a single address space systemwide.
That is flat out wrong. C supports multi-programming in a system that has one address space (that includes the kernel too). Programs just have to be compiled relocatable.
You know, like what happens with shared libraries: which are written in C, and get loaded at different addresses in the same space, yet access their own functions and variables just fine.
That is flat out wrong. C supports multi-programming in a system that has one address space (that includes the kernel too). Programs just have to be compiled relocatable.
You know, like what happens with shared libraries: which are written in C, and get loaded at different addresses in the same space, yet access their own functions and variables just fine.