Re: Stripping apps (was Re: Missile Command and Other Submissions)

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From: J. G. Gregory
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 17:46

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In article <1992Aug21.162123.23656@informix.com> cortesi@informix.com (David  
Cortesi) writes:
>In article <2A9426EC.49D4@deneva.sdd.trw.com> kieffer@spf.trw.com (Robert  
>Kieffer) writes:
>> 
>> Strip the executables, too!  MCommand.tar.Z has contains a 500K binary  
>> that strips down to 50K.
>
>Holy Toledo! Emacs 2.0 stripped from 722314 down to 81920!
>Can this be ok?  What have I lost?  Have I damaged it?

You are not missing anything except perhaps Emacs 2.1.  Emacs does not include  
emacs.  There is nothing big or fancy about Emacs, the NeXT front end to emacs.

--J Gregory

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Subject: Re: Stripping apps (was Re: Missile Command and Other Submissions)
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