You can try with upx :) Il giorno lun, 12/12/2011 alle 14.42 +0100, Jacob Carlborg ha scritto:
> 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. >
