Question

Which of the following is NOT an advatage of using shared, dynamically linked libraries as opposed to using statically linked libraries?

• A. Lesser overall page fault rate in the system
• B. Smaller sizes of executable
• C. Faster program startup
• D. Existing programs need not be re-linked to take advantage of newer versions of libraries

Answer 1

The correct option is C Faster program startup

Statically linked libraries program run faster from startup since the linking has been performed during the compile time only and there is no need for the since at run time of program and program can run faster.