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On Jul 27, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Óscar Fuentes wrote: > Why would be relevant that XCode produces library > files smaller than Visual Studio? Its comparing apples to oranges. The size of static libraries is relevant because it places an upper bound on the size of the executable. Otherwise we can only speak anecdotally about "typical" executables that use "some" of the

David Piepgrass <dpiepgrass at mentoreng.com> writes: >> Comparing the size of the static libraries makes little sense, and even >> less when they are compiled by different tools. What really matters is >> the size of the executables. >> >> I agree that LLVM can be considered a heavyweight dependency on this >> aspect. > > Why is the size of static