Re: [Mingw-users] Re: Is there any way how to shrink executable size?

[Miroslav F. <cx...@nt...>]

> [Miroslav Fidler]
> > Statically linked application using MSC compiler is 1.9MB. Using
> > gcc/mingw, I get 3.7MB app.
> > I am almost sure that problem is that mingw/ld does not eliminates
unused
> > functions.
>
> No.
>
> Compile with -s and then run upx --best.  See http://upx.sourceforge.net
>
> Stephan T. Lavavej
> http://nuwen.net

    Well, that certainly is "a kind of" solution, but not exactly one I
meant.. In any case, applying UPX to both Mingw and MSC executables, I get
0.7 vs 1.2 MB. Difference is still there :)

Mirek