Is this supposed to be an answer? I like marssaxman's comment. I'm not sure I would call this a "feature" because I think of "features" as being intentional a

Is this supposed to be an answer? I like marssaxman's comment. I'm not sure I would call this a "feature" because I think of "features" as being intentional and if marssaxman is correct, this justification for shared library use was an accidental side effect. But I have limited knowledge of the history behind dynamic linking. Hence my questions. I am just curious.