Re: Delphi strategy against Lazarus

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

Enable debug information in Delphi and you get the same thing, but
Delphi doesn't include a 'strip' program. You have to recompile it in
Delphi without debug info to get a smaller executable.

That is completely wrong.

Delphi debug info (different from TDW32 info, which isn't generally
used unless you're using an external profiler or the like) doesn't go
into the EXE at all. It doesn't change the EXE size and there is
nothing to "strip." Debug info is stored separately, save for a few
bytes in a DCU.

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