glibc only with optimization?

[Metuki Sabhe]

On 9/8/07, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> wrote:
> On 9/7/07, Simon Peter <dn.tlp@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > > > error: #error "glibc cannot be compiled without optimization"
> > > > Why is that?
> In the early startup of the dynamic loader (_dl_start), before
> relocation of the PLT, you cannot make function calls.

What about statically linked apps ? Could one have linked (and run) them
with non-optimized glibc ?

thx
metuki