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> using 1 or 2 functions from a library, but, nevertheless, linking the whole library This feels like something a compiler could or should solve.

• test1235 2y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_shaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_shaking
• criddell 2y ago
  Compilers and linkers do solve this for some languages. I use C++ and make use of the excellent Boost library. The library is gigantic, but only the parts I use make it into my binary.