Size of executable almost triples

[Moritz Warning]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:39:25 -0400, bearophile wrote:

> Moritz Warning:
>> Btw., you can always use "strip <program>" to reduce the binary size.
>> Or even upx.
> 
> What strip do you use for this? The strip I use isn't compatible:
> 
> strip:foo.exe: File format not recognized
> 
> BFD header file version (GNU Binutils) 2.18.50.20080109
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile

I'm on linux, works fine there.