Andreas Schwab <sch...@linux-m68k.org> writes: >> I've never tracked down why, but the Perl executable is a lot smaller >> than the Bash executable. > > Is it? > > $ size /usr/bin/perl /bin/bash > text data bss dec hex filename > 2068661 27364 648 2096673 1ffe21 /usr/bin/perl > 1056850 22188 61040 1140078 11656e /bin/bash > > Of course, a lot of perl is part of loadable modules.
On mine, I get: $ size /usr/bin/perl /bin/bash text data bss dec hex filename 8588 876 0 9464 24f8 /usr/bin/perl 898672 36064 22840 957576 e9c88 /bin/bash I do suspect that's because perl is using more loadable modules than bash, but I don't know much about how the object code is organized and I've never been motivated enough to track down the truth. Dale
