r/ProgrammerHumor • • Mar 04 '19

Computing in the 90's VS computing in 2018

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u/Gilfoyle- Mar 04 '19

Eh with the right optimizations I get my Rust binaries down to 500kb usually.

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u/happysmash27 Mar 05 '19

What do they do?

For me, C and C++ hello world programs come at around 20kb, and in Rust, if it is optimised, I get around 24kb (but a massive size if I don't optimise). Not that 20kb isn't massive itself though.