Re: [Mingw-users] Generated Binary is BIGGER than VC++ 7 generated binary !!!

[Wu Y. <ad...@ne...>]

Although GCC is my primary compiler, I never think GCC is superior to 
Visual C++. I love it because it is cross-platform and free. MSVC 6 is 
not as good as GCC, in that it has poor template support and is not 
standards-compliant, but it is a very old product. And I have hardly 
seen GCC win on pure C code for efficiency and code compactness, let 
alone C/C++ compilation speed, when compared with MSVC

The real advantage of GCC is that it is the de facto standard for 
cross-platform development, and it conforms to the standards quite well. 
And its code performance is among the best (but I am sure it is not THE 
best).

If your code uses STL, then the size difference can be quite easily 
attributed to libstdc++-v3. You can see the HelloWorld example show 
already a size difference of 148.5KB.

Best regards,

Wu Yongwei

--- Original Message from Don HO ---

I've never tried to compile the HelloWorld prog to compare among the
different versions.
That's the 1st time that I build the same project with different compilers.
Since I always think GCC is superior to VC++, I was shocked by the fact.
That's why I think this amount (160 KB almost, but not 60 KB event 100KB)
is huge.

Don HO
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