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Make smaller console apps with .NET and CoreRT

There’s something satisfying about slimming down an app’s executable file(s) to be as small as possible. It’s not unlike the joy of removing dead code from a codebase; or, to use a non-programming example, the satisfaction of emptying your home of clutter. It feels good to remove clutter, whether that clutter is unneeded lines of code, bloated file sizes, or things in your home that you just don’t need anymore.