How to decrease the size of generated binaries?

Question

I know that there is an option \"-Os\" to \"Optimize for size\", but it has little affect, or even increase the size on some occasion :(

strip (or \"-s\" option) remov

Answer 1

If you want to squeeze every last drop of space out of your binaries, you'll probably have to learn assembly. For a very interesting (and entertaining) intro, see this link:

A Whirlwind Tutorial on Creating Really Teensy ELF Executables for Linux