On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:13:36PM -0300, Leandro Lucarella wrote: > If you use dynamic linking, the user just need to keep its system updated > to avoid this kind of issues, and you only need to care about new release > when the bugs are really from your program, not third-party libraries.
Yes, that is a benefit of dynamic linking. But, the other side of this is if the third-party library's new version breaks your app, your poor user is in trouble. The choice to go dynamic is a trade off - sometimes worth it, but I tend to assume not until the specific case shows otherwise. -- Adam D. Ruppe http://arsdnet.net