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vv_ | 1 month ago

It's easier to distribute software fully self-contained, if you ignore the pain of statically linking everything together :)

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diego_sandoval|1 month ago

What's the pain?

vv_|27 days ago

Most open source software tooling Were designed to be dynamically linked. It is non-standard to statically link things together, which causes various random issues.

throwaway2046|1 month ago

I'm guessing the pain of fighting the various build systems that insist on dynamic linking, sometimes against the user's explicit wishes.