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Go binaries are traditionally statically compiled.

• pjmlp 3y ago
  Hence my 2nd and 3rd points. Also DNS uses dynamic linking unless configured otherwise, while being OS specific, then that are the libraries that rely on cgo.
  • ashishb 3y ago
    Yeah, you can list 100 such cases. Let me tell you the most common scenario. I have a fairly popular FOSS CLI tool written in Python. I cannot use the features from the latest version of Python or else I will alienate ~50% of the userbase. This problem does not exist with Rust or Go. This problem would have existed for Java on Android except Google took the burden of "desugaring" the Java 17 code -> Java 8 compatible bytecode for the old devices.
    • kaba0 3y ago
      Google dug their own grave here, Java is as backwards and forward compatible as it gets.
      • lern_too_spel 3y ago
        You cannot run Java 17 code on a Java 8 runtime without "desugaring."