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If you reference assemblies (via the 

/r

option) that you do not actually make use of; they are ignored by

the compiler. Therefore, you have no need to worry about “code bloat.”

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Obviously, the C# command-line compiler has many other options that can be used to control

how the resulting .NET assembly is to be generated. If you wish to learn more details regarding the

functionality of csc.exe, look up my article titled “Working with the C# 2.0 Command Line Com-

piler” online at http://msdn.microsoft.com. While this article examines the options of the C# 2.0

compiler, thankfully the C# 2008 compiler supports the same set of features.