From: "Brett Porter" <blp01 AT uow DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: hello.c = 190kB hello.exe ?
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 11:32:02 +1000
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Juergen Bevier wrote in message <360823EE DOT 1F5FEEFA AT metronet DOT de>...
>Hello,
>
>Just installed DJGPP together with RHIDE.
>As I compiled the following:
>
>#include<iostream>
>main(){
>   cout << "hello world";
>}
>
>the exe-file was 190kB (on WIN 95).
>The same .cc compiled with Linux and wpe is about 10kB.
>Can somebody let me know whats wrong?
>

There is nothing wrong. On Linux, shared libraries are used so the
executables are small. For DJGPP (and almost any DOS compiler) you must link
in libc and other libraries, which make the executable big.

There are several ways to decrease the size of the executable. This is
addressed in the FAQ, please refer to this before posting to the newsgroup
in future.

Regards,
Brett

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