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		Rexxar on Jan 16, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sorry state of dynamic libraries on Linux I'm very curious to know how you manage to need 2GB final binary ? - Huge use of template metaprogramming ? - Generated code ? - May be it's only for the debug build with all symbols ?

marshray on Jan 17, 2012 [–]

One can include arbitrary amounts of data in binaries. I don't see this for ELF systems, but consider all the Windows installers that package entire applications into a single .exe.

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