[eqvinox]

Running sstrip on an ELF binary is called ELF "golfing"? TIL…

[Retr0id]

It is, although real ELF golfers consider that a little naive.

[eqvinox]

It does feel a little simplistic to get a special name. But lesser things have gotten fancier names...

[angry_octet]

I would only call it code golf if you actually reduced the amount of code.

[repelsteeltje]

Sorry for posting a n00b question, but could you share etymology on this term golfing?

[mbreese]

It’s manipulating the binary to make it as small as possible. In golf, the lowest score wins. So, in this context, the smallest binary that still works wins.

[jerf]

https://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?replies=1;node_id=437032;...

As befits a history of perl, it is full of random quotes and rambling discourses about history, but it has a lot of info in it.

[Retr0id]

In golf, lower scores are better.

[seanhunter]

Which, if you think about it, means the objective of golf is to be the person who plays the least golf.