Creating a binary?

[Hasan Aljudy]

Peter Thomassen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Lars Ivar Igesund schrieb am Dienstag, 15. August 2006 22:46:
> 
>>Ehm, this seems like the pretty printed version of an ELF header (which is
>>stored binary btw), much like the one produced by analytical programs like
>>readelf. All ELF binaries (whether executables, shared libs or object
>>files) start like this.
> 
> 
> I used less to view the compiled file, and obviously less passes the file
> through readelf or sth. Using cat file | less, everything looks binary :-)
> My mistake, sorry.
> 
> Anyway: Why are (striped) binaries at least 150 KB of size, even when doing
> nothing (void main() { })?
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter

150 KB is big?