Pros and cons of dynamic linking versus static linking - here we go again
August 24, 2020•1,897 words
Regarding the ongoing discussion on the pros and cons of operating systems using dynamic linking of application provided vs static linking - Jesse Smith in the DistroWatch Q and A addressed most of the concerns I had with the original article, by Drew DeVault, that sparked this discussion, but I think the question of the disk space still needs to be addressed more fully. So:
Wouldn't statically linked executables be huge?
Not necessarily so - would they be larger? Sure - the original articles ...
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