Generating small binaries in HaskellLast year I wrote the first version of microcosmos, which is a webserver for running simple blogs. Since then I�ve been mulling over the biggest problem that microcosmos has: It�s huge. To be precsise, it�s 113MB once compiled. To be clear, this isn�t just a problem with microcosmos. It�s pervasive among Haskell programs. The venerable Pandoc document translator comes in at 68MB on its own. Cabal
