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From: rlk@rational.com (Bob Kitzberger)
Subject: Re: Ada binaries pretty large
Date: 1995/04/22
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Date: 1995-04-22T00:00:00+00:00
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: Why are ada binaries (Gnat 2.0.4 on SunOS), at least 230K no matter what 
: the size of the code is (a couple of lines of code).

This is A Good Thing.  The additional space is actually consumed by
Binary Fiber, which provides a beneficial cleansing affect each time
your application is run.  It's a kind of dental floss, composed of
Turing Machine Tape with embedded sponge-like cleansing agents. 

	.B-).

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