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mcguire
on June 3, 2016
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Why is a Rust executable large?
A library update would require rebuilding every application that uses the library. A change to libc would require effectively reinstalling the OS.
At that point, an extra 1.3GB would just be icing on the download.
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At that point, an extra 1.3GB would just be icing on the download.