Re: Why is memory footprint smaller when compiled static?

[Wes Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com>]

> > Come now. Janus/Ada's linker has eliminated unused subprograms pretty
> >
> > I realize that a lot of systems don't do this, and I've never understood
> > why: it isn't particularly hard nor very expensive, and it can save a
> 
> I agree -- linkers ought to do this.
> 
> But it's harder to do a good job with indirect calls (dispatching),

Or a package with'ed just so a task in it's body will be activated,
or to force implementation-specific code to be included in the RTS.

Plus, in Ada 95, intelligent use of child units can eliminate
most unused code from being linked.

-- 
Wes Groleau
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