From: Richard Wagner <skeptic AT myerie DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: (3) HELP Please with C++
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:18:55 -0400
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WOW! Who sayz you kan't teech an old dawg gnu triques !!!

* C++ */

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(void) {

  cout << "Hello World!" << endl;

}

.....A 07-20-2003 11:12:30        118   8CB9B5E4 Hw1.cpp
.....A 07-20-2003 11:13:02     253952   3F7FEA21 hw1.exe

gxx -s Hw1.cpp -o hw1.exe

All I needed to learn was this magical gem:  using namespace std;

I wonder what other discoveries are to be made   ;-)

WHO else wants in (the discussion)... KEEP it going!

WHATS your opinion of:
C++ In Plain English,  Brian Overland.... most superb book I've seen!

//RadSurfer//


On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:29:30 +0200, "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>
wrote:

>> From: RadSurfer <RadSurfer AT yahoo DOT com>
>> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
>> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 02:29:54 -0400
>> 
>> Why is the C++ executable  507,145 bytes???
>> 
>> yikes!
>> 
>> More discussion please....
>> How does one get the EXE size down to something practical?
>
>By reading the FAQ, of course (section 8.14).
>
>> BTW: A nearly similar Borland BCC32 compile of HW.CPP
>>   results in 
>> .....A 07-20-2003 01:42        100   5357307D HW.CPP
>> .....A 07-20-2003 01:42       4958   95E194DE HW.obj
>> .....A 07-20-2003 01:42     143360   53C13363 HW.exe
>> 
>> 1/5th the EXE size of the DJGPP !!
>
>I'm guessing that BCC32 supports a subset of ANSI C++ and that its
>exe file is stripped of debugging info.  Again, see the FAQ for more
>about this.