Compiler: Size of generated executable file

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Maybe the problem is the man page for ld, which has a truly bewildering 
> quantity of obtuse options, confusing people about what a linker 
> actually does.


Amusingly, it also contains the following phrase:

"The linker supports a plethora of command-line options, but in actual 
practice few of them are used in any particular context."

:)

-Lars