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Ask HN: What are some non-standard ways to reduce the size of executable files?

1 points by FerkiHN 1y ago

Please tell me new or interesting ways to optimize executable files or link libraries so/dll do you know?

jeffreygoesto 1y ago
Avoid 3rd party dependencies and C++ templates.
sargstuff 1y ago
Working with / compiling from source code (portable/non-portable): cosmopolitan libc[0] Each language kinda has own tricks,java[3], rust[4] From [1] : " A comparison of dietlibc, uclibc, musl, and glibc, by the author of musl: http://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html http://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html " How to make smaller C and C++ binaries[7] Removing unused code[5] / Exploiting function similarity for code size reduction[6] ------- [0] : a) https://justine.lol/cosmopolitan/ https://justine.lol/cosmopolitan/ b) size tricks : https://justine.lol/sizetricks/ [1] : Dietlibc - a libc optimized for small size : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21291893 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21291893 [2] : https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/dealing-with-large-symbol-files https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/dealing-with-large-symbo... [3] : java : https://www.graalvm.org/latest/reference-manual/native-image/guides/optimize-native-executable-with-pgo/ https://www.graalvm.org/latest/reference-manual/native-image... [4] minimizing rust : https://github.com/johnthagen/min-sized-rust https://github.com/johnthagen/min-sized-rust [5] : https://tetzank.github.io/posts/removing-unused-code/ https://tetzank.github.io/posts/removing-unused-code/ [6] : https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2666357.2597811 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2666357.2597811 [7] : how to make smaller c and c++ binaries : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35853625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35853625
- FerkiHN 1y ago
  Thanks for you!
  - sargstuff 1y ago
    Impliment program functionality in a GNU Jitter/JitterLisp VM[1]. Have program use VM references to do functional computations. aka move program features into a VM, such that program functions/features are now calls to VM. (vs. traditional OS / library calls). [1] : https://www.gnu.org/software/jitter/ https://www.gnu.org/software/jitter/

1 points by FerkiHN 1y ago

Please tell me new or interesting ways to optimize executable files or link libraries so/dll do you know?

jeffreygoesto 1y ago

Avoid 3rd party dependencies and C++ templates.

sargstuff 1y ago

Working with / compiling from source code (portable/non-portable): cosmopolitan libc[0] Each language kinda has own tricks,java[3], rust[4] From [1] : " A comparison of dietlibc, uclibc, musl, and glibc, by the author of musl: http://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html http://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html " How to make smaller C and C++ binaries[7] Removing unused code[5] / Exploiting function similarity for code size reduction[6] ------- [0] : a) https://justine.lol/cosmopolitan/ https://justine.lol/cosmopolitan/ b) size tricks : https://justine.lol/sizetricks/ [1] : Dietlibc - a libc optimized for small size : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21291893 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21291893 [2] : https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/dealing-with-large-symbol-files https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/dealing-with-large-symbo... [3] : java : https://www.graalvm.org/latest/reference-manual/native-image/guides/optimize-native-executable-with-pgo/ https://www.graalvm.org/latest/reference-manual/native-image... [4] minimizing rust : https://github.com/johnthagen/min-sized-rust https://github.com/johnthagen/min-sized-rust [5] : https://tetzank.github.io/posts/removing-unused-code/ https://tetzank.github.io/posts/removing-unused-code/ [6] : https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2666357.2597811 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2666357.2597811 [7] : how to make smaller c and c++ binaries : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35853625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35853625

FerkiHN 1y ago
Thanks for you!
- sargstuff 1y ago
  Impliment program functionality in a GNU Jitter/JitterLisp VM[1]. Have program use VM references to do functional computations. aka move program features into a VM, such that program functions/features are now calls to VM. (vs. traditional OS / library calls). [1] : https://www.gnu.org/software/jitter/ https://www.gnu.org/software/jitter/