[capableweb]

> but for Go/Rust at least static linking is pretty much the default

I don't think that's true for Rust. It defaults to depending on glibc, at least on Linux, and you need to explicitly build with musl to get static binaries.

[staticassertion]

> , and lots of people even link to musl.

[capableweb]

Not sure how much clearer I could have been about that I'm responding to the "pretty much the default" part