What is the trade off in using dynamic linking?

I am just starting out with Informix 7.x and while getting ready to recompile all my old source files, saw I have the option to choose -shared and do dynamic linking. I noticed some of my executables dropped in size to about a 5th. This would be great - less storage space and initial memory; but what would I lose in the process? I would love to hear from folks who have run these Dynamically Linked exes for a while. One problem I anticipate is unresolved stuff by the linking process turning into run-time errors. I hope I am wrong on this one! Raju Kallarackal raju@jabba.alloys.rmc.com