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

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jo mateix wrote:
> Yes, Mingw is free, but for sure it is not the best C++ 
> compiler. Still a lot of work to do.

Well, it depends. If you want the *most* C++ standards-comliant compiler 
today, it is GCC (MinGW).

I think standards-compliance is far ahead of minor speed improvement or 
smaller exe files. And I doubt there is a lot of work to do, GCC 3 only 
needs minor improvements.

And if you (I mean the original author of exe size) still don't like 
large exe's, then there is UPX.
With stripping, then compressing with UPX, it got me a 64 KB exe, that 
is a simple C++ program.

And if that is still too big, then you'd better start learning machine code.

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   Balázs