I remember one of my first experiences with Facebook's HPHP, compiling a "hello world" PHP program. I can't remember anymore whether the binary was over 20 MiB

I remember one of my first experiences with Facebook's HPHP, compiling a "hello world" PHP program. I can't remember anymore whether the binary was over 20 MiB or over 200 MiB (both seem plausible in retrospect!), but I do remember the existential dread that ensued. In my experience, massively bloated binaries should instill only slightly less fear than brittle ocean-boiling build systems. Tears will surely result from either.