Binary Size Concerns

Discussions focus on the sizes of compiled binaries in languages like Rust and Go, including comparisons, concerns about bloat, specific measurements, and optimization techniques to reduce executable sizes.

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akhilcacharya Dec 29, 2019 View on HN

Oh, that's fascinating. I never checked the binary size but that makes sense.

Existenceblinks Jan 28, 2023 View on HN

Rust binary size is not pretty either.

mecsred Aug 16, 2024 View on HN

It is 13kb. They were optimizing for a small binary over performance.

synergy20 Nov 4, 2022 View on HN

nope,not even close,the final size of a few binaries is at least 10x larger

dottrap Mar 24, 2014 View on HN

Very interesting. How large is the binary size?

rowanG077 Nov 8, 2022 View on HN

That's binary size. Not code size.

anderspitman Apr 5, 2018 View on HN

This looks awesome. Does it add much size to the binary?

surajrmal Dec 27, 2023 View on HN

You've never had to deal with binary size concerns I suppose.

edflsafoiewq Jul 19, 2019 View on HN

How does it compare in binary size?

ur-whale Dec 13, 2023 View on HN

What about binary size increase ?