LISP Machines had all this long before

http://fare.tunes.org/LispM.html
LISP Machine will automatically discover its configuration, finding its network address, the namespace server, etc. CHAOS probably had all this long before DHCP first appeared in 1996

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You see, the official programming language of Soviet Union was Algol, then (and now in Russia) Pascal. Such nuances were decided top-down by committees once and for all. And if you want to use different language in your work, you "speak for human rights" and against Communism.