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Amazing how the same people will go nuts for header-only C++ libraries, but the moment you involve an .a file, say "Noooo! you can't just vendor your dependenci
by quotemstr 2y ago
Amazing how the same people will go nuts for header-only C++ libraries, but the moment you involve an .a file, say "Noooo! you can't just vendor your dependencies! You need eight zillion apt dependencies!"
Header-only libraries are static linking.
- ndriscoll 2y agoContainer images are also just a worse version of static linking (giving you all of the downsides and missing several upsides). Ideally the industry moves to something like nix for most purposes, and static linking is used for embedded systems and teaching.