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- 1I'm kinda curious why this got two downvotes overnight.sharptooth– sharptooth2015-09-25 07:46:02 +00:00Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 7:46
- 7I didn't but I don't think this really answers the question in sufficient depth. It pretty much just says "software gets bigger because it does more stuff", and you'll see from the other answers that there's really more to it than that.Lightness Races in Orbit– Lightness Races in Orbit2015-09-25 11:32:01 +00:00Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 11:32
- 1A related factor is that in systems which use static linking, a linker may only need to pull in code which is actually used [some linkers would always pull in everything, but better ones tried to be selective]. When using dynamic linking, especially if modules can be shared, even if the first code that installs a module only needs one function from it, there's no way of knowing what functions may be needed by other code that wants to share the module.supercat– supercat2015-09-25 17:09:49 +00:00Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 17:09
- @sharptooth I don't even wonder anymore. While in most cases the system works I also see horribly wrong broken answers get upvoted like crazy and accepted while the correct ones are downvoted into oblivion all too often...Brian Knoblauch– Brian Knoblauch2015-10-02 14:11:45 +00:00Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 14:11
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