IIUC though, the Rust compiler executables are highly unusual in that they dynamically link their main top-level dependency. The vast majority of executables bu

IIUC though, the Rust compiler executables are highly unusual in that they dynamically link their main top-level dependency. The vast majority of executables built with cargo do not, and I'm not sure how easy it is for a cargo project to do what the compiler does, i.e. build a top-level crate as a DLL and dynamically link that, while using plenty of static linking within that DLL.