Where did I say I hated it? It just has different security characteristics, and I think static linking proponents are sometimes a bit hand-wavy about the implic

Where did I say I hated it? It just has different security characteristics, and I think static linking proponents are sometimes a bit hand-wavy about the implications of those. I suppose my gut feeling is that it's more prone to issues of human error - why should I have to recompile my application if the security hole was found in a library I've linked to? With dynamic linking, assuming you're publishing your software for an OS with a conscientious approach to security patches, ie. pretty much all the major ones, it's a solved problem. With static linking, if you forget to update your binary, well, it's your problem.