From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: compiled EXE is bloated in C++
Date: 16 Nov 2001 01:19:08 GMT
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Frank Musheler <fastm33 AT freemail DOT absa DOT co DOT za> wrote in 
news:e1n8vtsgv3pft1k6ivb9206qlmqrdr3doi AT 4ax DOT com:

> Can anyone help me work out why the size of my compiled executables is
> so large. when I compile a basic hello world program

<snip>

> the size of the EXE file is about to 240K when i compile with
> gxx -s hello.C -o hello.exe


the size of "hello world" is a red herring, but in any case, here is what 
happens on my system:

C:\var>type h.cc
#include <iostream>

int main(void)
{
        std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
        return 0;
}

C:\var>gpp h.cc -o h.exe -Wall

C:\var>strip --strip-all h.exe

C:\var>dir

h        cc            101  11-15-01  8:13p h.cc
h        exe       146,432  11-15-01  8:15p h.exe

> Can anyone who knows more than me tell me what the possible reason for
> this might be. Also is there anyway to get the manual that isn't in
> INFO format? Any help would be appreciated.

see http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/

hth.

Sinan.

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