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throwaway542134
on July 31, 2019
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Slim Binaries (1997)
It's called dead code elimination/optimization and compilers can do it without LTO, with LTO you can can get more savings but ymmv.
saagarjha
on July 31, 2019
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The original comment pointed out "entry points", so I assumed that they were talking about libraries rather than standard dead code elimination (which has been a thing for quite some time).
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