18 Aug
2020
18 Aug
'20
1:30 a.m.
On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 03:27:15PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Bill Joy imagined it, the prototype is in one the 4.x BSD releases.
Sun (Joe Moran) actually implemented it first in any Unix variant.
It's possible the concept existed in some other OS but I'm not aware
of it.
From: Jim
Geist
When did mmap(2) come about?
Pretty sure it's a Berserkleyism. I think it came in with the VM stuff that
DARPA mandated for VAX Unix (for the research project they funded).