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Simon Lewis wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Why do the binaries that I built seem to be huge? I know this is a bit 
> of an open ended question... (no "how long is a piece of string" related 
> answers please)
> 
> I'm using tasks in my application.  Does this add extra code into the 
> binary to ensure time slicing?.  I was just wondering where all the 
> bloat is coming from.

Sounds like you are using GNAT.  Read the GNAT documentation about 
stripping binaries.  There is a lot in there for debugger support that 
can come out once you are finished developing something.

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