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How important is the option for dynamic linking (vs static linking) in the modern day? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev

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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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[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From my understanding, unless a shared library is used only by one process at a time, static linking can increase memory usage by multiplying the memory footprint of that library's code segment. So it is not only about disk space.

But I suppose for an increasing number of modern applications, data and heap is much larger than that (though I am not particularly a fan ...)

[–] robinm@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

The gain in RAM are not even guaranteed. See my other comment