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this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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I read an interesting post by Ben Hoyt this morning called The small web is a beautiful thing - it touches a lot on this idea. (warning, long read).
I also always feel a bit uncomfortable having any dependencies at all (left-pad never forget), but runtime ones? I really like to avoid.
I have Clipper complied executables written for clients 25 years ago I can still run in a DOS VM in an emergency. They used a couple of libraries written in C for fast indexing etc, but all statically linked.
But the Visual Basic/Access apps from 20 years ago with their dependencies on a large number of DLLs? Creating the environment would be an overwhelming challenge.
I kind of agree with your points, but I think there has to be a distinction of libs. Most deps should be static IMHO. But something like OpenSSL I can understand if you go with dynamic linking, especially if it's a security critical program.
But for "string parsing library #124" or random "gui lib #35".. Yeah, go with static.
Great point. Sometimes the benefit of an external dependency being changeable is a great feature.
this could also become a major security problem, tho.
I can't not upvote someone who brings Clipper to the table :)
Us looking at developers still on dBase III ~inserts Judgmental Volturi meme~