[nwellnhof]

That's because ELF allows symbol interposition and PE (Portable Executable) doesn't have a comparable feature. Symbol interposition doesn't come without a price, though, and is often criticized: https://www.macieira.org/blog/2012/01/sorry-state-of-dynamic... | https://www.airs.com/blog/archives/307 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8029564

[sandGorgon]

>The ELF dynamic linking mechanism is designed to emulate static linking. That's like designing cars to neigh and occasionally kick people to death with robot legs that exist only for this purpose.

That comment wins thread.