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(I hope I'm not misunderstanding your concern), but a quick search reveals that Rust prefers to statically link, so in this case, remacs would distribute as a '
by stagger87 9y ago
(I hope I'm not misunderstanding your concern), but a quick search reveals that Rust prefers to statically link, so in this case, remacs would distribute as a 'single' binary. Only the developers (of remacs) would need all the dependencies/crates.
- falcolas 9y agoThis creates its own headaches as a fix for the next Heartbleed becomes not "upgrade this one shared library", but "upgrade these dozens of individual programs when an update becomes available".
- SkyMarshal 9y agoThere has always been war b/t static vs dynamic linking. The debate will continue forever, but it doesn't really matter anymore. Each side understands and has solutions to its deficiencies.
- fiddlerwoaroof 9y agoFwiw, lisps have a somewhat interesting third way: you distribute everything in a single image like a statically linked program. But, since that image includes the compiler, it can upgrade itself.
- lispm 9y agoOr they include a loader and can load code, code which may be compiled somewhere else.
- Retra 9y agoPrograms all need to update all the time anyway.
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