Re: [Dev-C++] Executable size is huge

[Michael C U. <mu...@cb...>]

It must be dynamically linking then. Because otherwise there is no
possible way you can get the exe that small when using the standard C++
library. That's probably a safe bet to make on Linux because you can be
reasonably sure that the GCC standard C++ libraries will be available on
any Linux distribution. You can't safely make that assumption in Windows.

Hello World in Borland's C++ compiler using the standard C++ library on
Windows produces a "hello world"  executable that is a little over 100K in
size. Mingw I think will get it down to a little over 200K after you use
strip.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 age...@co... wrote:

> This problem isn't on Linux, my .exes are around 12kb are so for a simple program that does multiplication.
>
> --
> ~~Scott Simontis~~
> Programmer
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Jack Chen wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone think the developers of Dev-C++ will change it? It's very
> > > scary.
> >
> > This isn't really unique to Mingw32. In fact, you will hear a lot of C
> > fans argue that one of the reasons they don't like C++ is because the
> > Standard C++ library is so bloated, and does produce such large binaries.
> >
> > Now the GCC compiler is not known for being the most efficient compiler in
> > the world, or for doing a really good job of optimizing code, and the
> > problem is exagerated in GCC over some other compilers. But the problem
> > does exist in other compilers as well.
> >
> > But I think what you need to ask is does it matter? GCC is free, and it
> > does optimize well enough for all but the most demanding tasks. The C++
> > Standard Library might be bloated, but is a 400K executable really a
> > problem when the average computer today has 256Mb of RAM?
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials.
> > Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills.  Sign up for IBM's
> > Free Linux Tutorials.  Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin.
> > Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click
> > _______________________________________________
> > Dev-cpp-users mailing list
> > Dev...@li...
> > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www23.brinkster.com/noicys/devcpp/ub.htm
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dev-cpp-users
>