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In the mid-90s, dynamic/shared objects were the new hotness on SunOS. Imagine if you'd told us that in 30 years, applications would be linked statically... not
by NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
In the mid-90s, dynamic/shared objects were the new hotness on SunOS.
Imagine if you'd told us that in 30 years, applications would be linked statically... not merely with their libraries, but with the entire OS as a dependency!
- nottorp 3y ago> Imagine if you'd told us that in 30 years, applications would be linked statically... not merely with their libraries, but with the entire OS as a dependency! Javascript "applications" aren't far from that are they? Copy of Chrome, copy of all modules...
- BSDobelix 3y ago>not merely with their libraries, but with the entire OS as a dependency! And then they made Java ;)
- vrighter 3y agoand of course, they put java in a container. an os statically linked to what's practically another os, statically linked to the application itself. (I consider containers to be a form of static linking)