mirrorbird (17:53:58) what's the worst that could happen? apart from a 30-year lawsuit from Oracle.
mirrorbird (17:53:45) zoi: really, a legal restriction? OSS nerds would get over that quick, if it mattered. rewrite the troublesome bits.
mirrorbird (17:53:17) WHICH IS WHAT LINKING IS
mirrorbird (17:53:12) by linking i mean: remembering some start addresses
zoi (17:53:12) but you don't really have access to swap out those libraries that the app came bundled with
zoi (17:52:56) it is runtime linking, or dynamically loaded as-is on iOS
mirrorbird (17:52:44) "we had runtime linking before we had compilers!" -- yeah thanks Grace
mirrorbird (17:52:21) runtime linking though. that was the real step. (THERE IS NO MALWARE ON YOUR MACINTOSH)
mirrorbird (17:51:48) "you need to be able to swap it out", finally, we have enforced encapsulation, something even Stroustrup couldn't do
directionless (17:51:46) Makes sense. Shit ecosystems
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