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Re:Today’s JavaScript, from an outsider’s perspective (2020) by astrange on Friday May 27, 2022 @04:47AM (#31527422)
MachO has some features that make this easier than ELF, namely matching libraries by full path and two-level namespaces (external symbols know which library they're found in).

Though it's still not great if everyone uses their own SSL library, because then you can't update it if there's a bug.

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Re:Today’s JavaScript, from an outsider’s perspective (2020) by mojuba on Friday May 27, 2022 @05:32AM (#31527628)
Yes it's a problem, but because you (as a library maintainer) are responsible for what you are embedding, you should keep an eye on the dependencies and test them with each update. This creates a hierarchy of responsibilities, as opposed to a flat mess that is Linux .so or Windows .dll approach.
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