On 2011-12-11 23:55, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On Sunday, December 11, 2011 17:28:58 Adam Ruppe wrote:
Jacob Carlborg Wrote:
As long as the runtime and standard library is statically linked the
executables will be bigger than the corresponding C/C++ executable.
I just want to say it's very important to me that static linking
still just works very easily even if we start to offer dynamic linking.
Most definitely. I consider dynamic linking to be a necessary evil which should
not be used unless you have to. I _much_ prefer having my programs completely
self-contained. The less that they rely on in terms of external libraries the
better. Sure, there are plenty of cases where dynamic libraries are necessary
(e.g. plugins), and the fact that they generally reduce disk space consumption
is useful, but it's _so_ nice to not have to worry about the exact versions of
everything else installed on the system.
- Jonathan M Davis
It is very nice to not have to think about external dependencies when
installing a tool or library, but as you say for plugins it is
important. I would hope that it is possible to have the application
completely statically linked but at the same time provide plugins for
the application.
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/Jacob Carlborg
