When a DLL/so is loaded dynamically by multiple program instances, are globals shared or would this require explicit use of OS-level shared memory?

The application is emulating a region of scratchpad memory (File Protect Memory) used by hardware in an obsolete computer (Burroughs B5700). This provided the locking that allowed multiple computers to share a common disc system.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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