> What if we add kernel same-page merging to the mix? Might still be a little less efficient at run time than the optimal use of shared libraries. Might be a w

> What if we add kernel same-page merging to the mix? Might still be a little less efficient at run time than the optimal use of shared libraries. Might be a whole lot less efficient than even sub-optimal use of shared libraries. A optimizing linker pulling together static libraries is going to make page-merging the executable almost impossible.