Golang doesn't really support static binaries. This may be confusing, since it compiles-in all golang dependencies, but by default, all output is dynamic, and

Golang doesn't really support static binaries. This may be confusing, since it compiles-in all golang dependencies, but by default, all output is dynamic, and it's quite difficult to get static binaries out of it at all. The golang model expects all golang deps to be distributed as source code, and then it expects to dynamically link to all C dependencies. It is technically possible to diverge from the latter set of expectations, but it is not easily or commonly done. C++ is much like golang in that respect. Template libraries are always "static" in the sense that they are distributed only as source code, but the final binary output is almost always a dynamically linked binary.