Why is the file /bin/false so large?

[Chris Jones]

> It's rare that people bother to tune code to this level or extent now
> as often "it's good enough"... I of course discount the assembler
> coders who delight in this kind of thing! :)

Totally agree !

I should probably have said

"I'm willing to bet those that know best have made it as optimal as 
possible, *within reason*"

as you say, even if /bin/false is carrying around some extra baggage it 
doesn't need... does it *really* matter with modern cpus / disks ...

Chris