FW: Huge binaries

[Hite, Christopher]

Hi, I'm upgrading from 4.4.3  => 4.5.2 and the size of my already large
binaries got even bigger.

60MB - stripped old or new
180MB - old release binary with debug info (-g)
1200MB - new compiler with same flags

strings are only a small part of the debug info:
45MB - strings <binary> 

I'm using a bunch of meta-programming.

Did something big happen between these versions?
Are there any options between the stripped binary and the 1.2GB version?
Can I debug a core from a stripped binary using a non-stripped binary?

Chris