From 1fde43ce3daaf584a130553a86be88fc99b37863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kivooeo <75776246+Kivooeo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 15:25:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] added information about dynamic linking

---
 README.md | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0995488..057f2dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ Enable LTO in `Cargo.toml`:
 lto = true
 ```
 
+# Dynamic Linking
+
+![Minimum Rust: 1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Minimum%20Rust%20Version-1.0-brightgreen.svg)
+
+By default, the Rust compiler uses **static linking**, which includes all dependencies and crates directly within the final binary. While this makes the binary self-contained, it also significantly increases its size.
+
+Alternatively, you can enable **dynamic linking**, which links to shared libraries at runtime. This can **drastically reduce** the size of your binary.
+
+For more details, check out [this blog post](https://kivooeo.github.io/dynamic-linking-in-rustc/).
+
 # Reduce Parallel Code Generation Units to Increase Optimization
 
 [By default][cargo-profile], Cargo specifies 16 parallel codegen units for release builds.
@@ -438,4 +448,4 @@ use std::alloc::System;
 
 #[global_allocator]
 static A: System = System;
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```