Re:“Shared libraries are not a good thing in general”
by CyberDildonics on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:14PM
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I don't think that was their point at all. They were saying that dynamic linking creates flexibility and modularity that doesn't exist otherwise.
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Re:“Shared libraries are not a good thing in general”
by TeMPOraL on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:30PM
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I think this was precisely the point. Shared libraries create seams you can exploit if you need to modify behavior of a program without rebuilding it - which is very useful if you don't want to or can't rebuild the program, for example because it's proprietary third-party software.