How important is the option for dynamic linking (vs static linking) in the modern day? - eviltoast

There was a time where this debate was bigger. It seems the world has shifted towards architectures and tooling that does not allow dynamic linking or makes it harder. This compromise makes it easier for the maintainers of the tools / languages, but does take away choice from the user / developer. But maybe that’s not important? What are your thoughts?

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    1 year ago

    Dynamically linked all the way; you only have to update one thing (mostly) to fix a vulnerability in a dependency, not rebuild every package.