title: How to strip executables thoroughly
body: <p>I'd like to strip as much as I can - on Linux: an ELF. I only want in there the stuff I need to run it.</p>
  
  <p>I tried using <code>strip</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>strip --strip-all elf
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it doesn't seem to do a good job: <code>nm</code> still displays lots of stuff, and the binary is still big.</p>
  
  <p>What should I do?</p>