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by KeplerBoy 193 days ago
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GCC -O2 made a 1,8 MB executable after a bit over four hours. I'm not trying -O3 :D

I don't know enough about compilers to answer why this doesn't get optimised down to something tiny, or why it took so long. I'm not sure what we've learned tonight, but there you go.