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by vv_ 136 days ago
It's easier to distribute software fully self-contained, if you ignore the pain of statically linking everything together :)
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diego_sandoval 136 days ago
What's the pain?
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vv_ 129 days ago
Most open source software tooling Were designed to be dynamically linked. It is non-standard to statically link things together, which causes various random issues.
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throwaway2046 136 days ago
I'm guessing the pain of fighting the various build systems that insist on dynamic linking, sometimes against the user's explicit wishes.
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