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by dbt00 1896 days ago
> (that the 2/3 of the compiled binaries are useless to the users).

That the bytes are not visible in the symbol table is inarguable, that they are useless is a highly contentious statement and very probably wrong.

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It's possible, but it is the "who cares" mindset I object to. File sizes are important. Memory usage is important. CPU cycles are important. Many devs with powerful machines don't give a heck and in the end everybody has to pay, in different ways.