I noticed that the author is comparing the size of the executables. Dunno about all the other MLs but in Ocaml the executables can blow up in size if you static

I noticed that the author is comparing the size of the executables. Dunno about all the other MLs but in Ocaml the executables can blow up in size if you statically link them instead of let them be dynamically linked as is the default. The presence of debugging symbols also matters a lot.