I need to use a library in a Cocoa application and can use either a dynamic (.dynlib) or a static (.a) version of it. I came from Linux world and would happily use the dynlib. However, since the app bundle will contain all the dependencies (including the dynlib) I thought it would not be a problem to have a bigger binary due to the static linking. What is the best solution?
In this case, my concern would be responsiveness with respect to loading time of big executable vs. small executable and multiple libraries. The difference may be small.