Re: RES: [Dev-C++] generated .exe is too big

[Szathmary L. <sz...@de...>]

> David and List,
> It seems unbelievable that the same code compiled with gcc 2.95 
> generates a 5kb exe file, compared to 35kb when compiled under
> gcc3.2. A 100% increase would be bad enough; but this is a 700%
>  increase ??
> 
> Can other DevC++ users comment on this ?

Hi,

Last time I wrote the sizes by heart, but now I tried it again:

The example code is:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  printf("Hello World!\n");
  system("PAUSE");	
  return 0;
}

With Dev-C++ 4.01 it is 4608 bytes; with Dev-C++ 4.9.8.0 it is 22619
bytes. Compiler options are the same in both cases (any optimization and 
debugging information are switched off).
I tried it with a more complicated console application too: 10240 bytes
vs. 35973 bytes :(
I tried the -Os option too, but it only reduced 1 KB.

	Thanks,

		Laszlo