There was an interesting talk on this at Linux.conf.au a couple of years ago, trying to figure out why modern binaries are so large. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbv9L-WIu0s
> Bloat: How and Why UNIX Grew Up (and Out) - Rusty Russell, Matt Evans
> The 'ls' binary on the original release of Unix (version 6) was 4920 bytes long. Thirty six years later, 'ls' on Ubuntu is 105776 bytes. Is this the laziness of modern coders? Increasing features? Does 'cat' really now do 313 times more stuff, or is there something else going on?
OT: I find it slightly disturbing to read people's Google+ conversations that were imported to extend the YouTube thread. I hope YouTube/Google isn't really buying Twitch, despite the return that would mean for the Twitch investors.
> Bloat: How and Why UNIX Grew Up (and Out) - Rusty Russell, Matt Evans
> The 'ls' binary on the original release of Unix (version 6) was 4920 bytes long. Thirty six years later, 'ls' on Ubuntu is 105776 bytes. Is this the laziness of modern coders? Increasing features? Does 'cat' really now do 313 times more stuff, or is there something else going on?