Re: Why is memory footprint smaller when compiled static?

[Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:
> 
> Back in 1978 (circa) I wrote a linker. It was able to do dead code elimination, as well as to resolve all references irrespectively
> of the order of the modules given on the command line. Sigh....

Yes, and I used to use a DOS-extender Ada-83 compiler from RR S/W that
did dead-code elimination in the 1980s. Also in the 1980s Tartan made an
Ada-83 compiler that produced faster code than their highly optimizing C
compilers. In 1969, the US was able to send people to the moon. In 1964,
the US could build an aircraft that could fly at Mach 4+ at 80,000+ ft.
But as we all know you can't do those things anymore.

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Jeff Carter
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