[Mingw-users] Executable size for C++ code

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Hi

I've been using the MingW g++ compiler for compiling C++ programs (both
console and GUI apps using WxWindows). It seems to me that the executables
produced by MingW g++ are always very large compared to VC++. For example
the C++ version of hello (using iostream/cout) produces an executable of
almost 75K (after stripping) and the minimial WxWin statically linked
program takes about 1M (again, after stripping) as opposed to around 400K
using VC++ . C executables are much better.

My questions:
a) Is this a limitation of the MingW C++ compiler/linker ? I was told by
someone that it is not good at removing unneeded code - is this true ?
b) What else can I do (except using compression software) to reduce
executable size ?

Thanks.
Biswa.