Re: [Dev-C++] Executable size is huge

Kevin Sopp wrote:
> using a simple Hello World program and the appropriate compiler flags 
> (-O3) and without any debug info the executable is about 440KB in size. 
> The compiler doesn't seem to be doing any dead code removal. I remember 
> I had this problem a long time ago when I used cygwin but I don't 
> remember my solution.

This is not a problem, and there is no real "solution" to it.

One alternate "solution" might be to use simple C code for a Hello World 
program. That will get you a 20 KB exe :)

However, if you wish to reduce the size of your exe, use UPX.
http://upx.sf.net

The size growth for C++ is because stdc++ is linked statically into the 
exe, however when using simple C code, the exe is linked dynamically to 
Windows DLLs (like msvcrt.dll, etc.)

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   Balázs