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This is a crazy conversation! Dynamic linking allows the system to decide the UI. Static linking means that the UI cannot evolve. Imagine statically linking UI
by ridiculous_fish 6y ago
This is a crazy conversation! Dynamic linking allows the system to decide the UI. Static linking means that the UI cannot evolve.
Imagine statically linking UIKit or Android's UI library!
- saagarjha 6y agoYeah but then you have CFLinkedOnOrAfter to negate that ;)
- thu2111 6y agoUI libraries tend to evolve by introducing new APIs or modes, because changing UI implementations has a habit of breaking apps. For example, on Android even the switch to hw accelerated rendering was a mode app devs had to opt in to, that didn't even change the look!