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by jerf 1891 days ago
Go has a complete accounting of what all the bytes are. You can read them for yourself in the compiler, as it is open source, and trace through where every byte comes from, if you like. It isn't exactly in a broken down table precisely to the specs of what knz42 wants, but the info is all there. There's nothing hidden here.

Oh, you don't want to do that? That's not a surprise. Neither do I. Definitely not on my agenda today.

But I'm not making wild accusations. If you're going to, you probably shouldn't be surprised when we're not exactly impressed.

The compiler is all open, and as such things go, fairly easy to read. "As such things go" is definitely doing some heavy lifting there, but, still, for a compiler of a major language, it's a relatively easy read.

The vague intimation that there's something hidden and sneaky going on is hard to give much credence to.