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Re:Slim Binaries (1997) by saagarjha on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:31PM (#20575782)
Yeah, isn't this just link-time optimization?
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Re:Slim Binaries (1997) by throwaway542134 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @01:21PM (#20576306)
It's called dead code elimination/optimization and compilers can do it without LTO, with LTO you can can get more savings but ymmv.
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Re:Slim Binaries (1997) by saagarjha on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @01:28PM (#20576378)
The original comment pointed out "entry points", so I assumed that they were talking about libraries rather than standard dead code elimination (which has been a thing for quite some time).
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