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Re:Why is a Rust executable large? by mcguire on Friday June 03, 2016 @09:39AM (#11830225)
A library update would require rebuilding every application that uses the library. A change to libc would require effectively reinstalling the OS.

At that point, an extra 1.3GB would just be icing on the download.

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