[TuxSH]

> How can they be expected to learn this

It's the first thing Google and LLMs 'tell' you when you ask about reducing binary size with static libraries. Also LTO does most of the same.

[pjmlp]

To learn, first one needs to want to learn, which was my whole point.

[TuxSH]

Agreed, but article's author mentioned this as an issue, I would have expected him to find about and mention these flags as well.