these practices evolved for a reason, and we'd do well to remember them. for every security update that's made harder through static linking, the flip side is n

these practices evolved for a reason, and we'd do well to remember them. for every security update that's made harder through static linking, the flip side is not sharing global "state" and breaking. Python has virtual envs for exactly this; DLL hell was a real problem. having the choice would be good though; maybe random CLI tools can be statically linked and have a slower security update cycle, which would be a bad idea for internet-facing stuff.