I think that "dynamic linking and all its problems" imply that some of the bloat comes from the dynamic linking itself. At least that's how I read it. I believ

I think that "dynamic linking and all its problems" imply that some of the bloat comes from the dynamic linking itself. At least that's how I read it. I believe argument here goes beyond the sole fact of introducing dynamic linker and includes the fact that dynamic linking may encourage duplication of functionality in applications ending up in bloated system (on the other hand static linking doesn't seem to do anything to discourage bloat).