>> As others noted, however, these ideas have been around for a long
time, e.g. MUMPS was a DB deeply integrated into an OS and programming
language;
Other examples of database integrated into the OS
Microdata Reality (1974) -- first minicomputer to do this
IBM System 38 (1978) -- ancestor of the AS/400.
If I remember correctly, Microdata used a microprogrammable instruction set for
the Reality. (Microcode implemented data management operators as part of the
machine's instruction set.)
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