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One question: what is the binary size of the compiler?

The native binary produced by ocamlopt is 917KB, the bytecode produced by ocamlc is 156KB.

I must admit I didn't expect such "big" files.

Out of curiosity I tested to compile a completely empty OCaml program: the native binary is 365KB and the bytecode is 21KB.

I don’t know much about OCaml but one reason could be linking unnecessary libraries

Presumably you’re linking in a large GC etc?