Linking Smaller Haskell Binaries (2023)

(brandon.si)

16 points | by PaulHoule 3 days ago

2 comments

  • internet_points 3 days ago
    > This gets the binary down to 64M for me (a further -23%).

    while on my system, /usr/bin/pandoc takes 199M; not bad.

  • ashwinnair99 2 hours ago
    Haskell binary size has been a running joke for years. Good to see actual progress. The runtime was always the real culprit more than the code itself.