I believe the extra size before stripping is because Rust ships the standard library with debug symbols included by default (for now) Source: https://kobzol.gi

I believe the extra size before stripping is because Rust ships the standard library with debug symbols included by default (for now) Source: https://kobzol.github.io/rust/cargo/2024/01/23/making-rust-binaries-smaller-by-default.html https://kobzol.github.io/rust/cargo/2024/01/23/making-rust-b... HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39112486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39112486