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edflsafoiewq
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Why is node so large?
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c-smile
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V8 alone is around 40/50 Mb.
oso2k
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And used to be under 10 MB.
https://groups.google.com/g/v8-users/c/OaC4TQQjxFg
Zababa
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Probably because Node (and V8) don't try to optimize for size but for speed of execution.
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