4 ms·

Good analysis. Now that good information on the causes is available, the larger community can discuss solutions.

• toss1941 10y ago
  I don't understand the article's point about ISP speeds. Really if you're on a slow enough ISP that a <1MB file is too large for someone to download, then practically speaking they won't be able to download anything smaller either.
  • voltagex_ 10y ago
    Because it's not that single ~1MB file that's a problem, it's the cumulative effect. There are people on dialup and GPRS and even people who pay by the megabyte.
  • imtringued 10y ago
    Have you considered that some applications might have more than one executable?
• tatterdemalion 10y ago
  The cause of this has always been known (within the Rust community), but it is not considered a problem. For most users, the advantages of static linking and using jemalloc significantly outweigh the cost of a 0.5mb constant overhead on binary size. Those users under different circumstances can configure their build using the tactics in this article to make a different trade off more suited to their circumstances.