i don't know about leaner, but static linking is faster. symbol resolution is a heck of a task to be run on every program load, especially for larger programs. i remember before linux optimized its dynamic linking, starting a gnome or kde program was a glacial process.
as for static linking being leaner, i have been told an entire shared library needs to be loaded if so much as 1 program needs a part of it, but i doubt it. i don't see why shared libraries can't be demand loaded just like executables are. then again, demand loading a shared library would be a more complex task, and i have reservations about complexity just like the suckless community does.
as for static linking being leaner, i have been told an entire shared library needs to be loaded if so much as 1 program needs a part of it, but i doubt it. i don't see why shared libraries can't be demand loaded just like executables are. then again, demand loading a shared library would be a more complex task, and i have reservations about complexity just like the suckless community does.