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Wasn't dynamical linking crucial 20 years ago, when drive space and bandwidth were expensive?
by krastanov 4y ago
Wasn't dynamical linking crucial 20 years ago, when drive space and bandwidth were expensive?
- dralley 4y agoIt's still pretty important today for things like security-critical libraries, libc, plugin systems, etc. However it is probably overused relative to the situations where it is genuinely useful.
- smitty1e 4y agoHence the increasing popularity of docker for interpreted projects. However, if we're decoupled from the system .so files, then the 'Hell' of the The Famous Article might be reduced to a Purgatory.