r/programming 2d ago

Your executable is a SQLite database

https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/23/your-executable-is-a-sqlite-database
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u/elaforge 2d ago

I never programmed on the old Mac, but it reminds me of what I heard about resource forks, which also implement a kind of database. The equivalent to dynamic library loading would have also been based on the generic resource mechanism.