To make the comparison a little more valid, we can strip symbols with a compiler flag and pass the result through `upx` for to build a stripped, compressed binary at only 300Kb:

`go build -o /tmp/hello -ldflags='-s -w' /tmp/hello.go && upx --brute /tmp/hello`.

Also worth noting that the author is incorrect about the Avian example being self-contained--it dynamically links against 4 libraries (on OS X, anyway) while the Go version links against zero.

Further, the Avian example is broken on OS X (the GUI loads, but immediately freezes).

Of course, the applications aren't doing the same work, so comparing the binary sizes is silly. I just wanted to point out that avian's tricks are readily accessible for Go programs as well.