Keeping executables small (was: main() and exit())

[Alan J Rosenthal]

scs at adam.pika.mit.edu (Steve Summit) writes:
>In the case of other libraries ...  the potential for
>substantial trimming of executables is significant.  Associated
>with most such libraries are horror stories about the incredible
>resultant size of apparently simple programs (open a window and
>print "Hello, world!" in it, for instance).

On the other hand, don't forget that "Hello, world" isn't a typical
program, and if it's 32K but so are some much larger programs, this
might be fine.  Optimizing for "Hello, world" rather than for larger
programs would be a mistake.

ajr

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