Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:16:39 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On 10 Jan 2000, Mumit Khan wrote:

> You seem to really enjoy quoting "4 MB DLL" ;-) It's actually about
> ~450k (Cygwin b20.1) stripped, and possibly ~500k for newer snapshots.

Does the distribution come with the DLL stripped, or does the user need 
to strip it when bundling with programs?

Experience shows that users generally don't know how to strip libraries 
(some don't even think it's possible).