I can see why linkers were created, especially in a time of constrained memory. But given an abundance of memory in modern systems, are linkers even necessary anymore?
As a matter of fact, aren’t these shared libraries a supply chain attack vector (ie, xz attack that was thwarted earlier this year)?
As a matter of fact, aren’t these shared libraries a supply chain attack vector (ie, xz attack that was thwarted earlier this year)?