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- From: chelya@nyc.pipeline.com (Andrey Akselrod)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: BC++4.52 executale size
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 19:11:48 -0500
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- Everything is OK.
- They have much more stuff in their libraries. C++ is more advanced in 4.52.
-
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- Andrey Akselrod
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- chelya@nyc.pipeline.com
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- On Jan 26, 1996 09:47:42 in article <Re: BC++4.52 executale size>,
- 'marnold@netcom.com (Matt Arnold)' wrote:
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- >young@hntp2.hinet.net (young) writes:
- >
- >
- >
- >
- >>Two programs that do essentially the same thing,
- >>with one made by BC++4.52 and the other made
- >>by BC++3.1, have very different executable size.
- >>
- >>The one made by BC++4.52 has more than double the
- >>size as the one made by BC++3.1. An About-dialog
- >>class which includes <owl\dialog.h> and <owl\edit.h>
- >>has a compiled object of 150,225 Bytes. It only
- >>shows the version number and four copyright lines.
- >>
- >>Is this "normal" with BC++4.52, or, am I missing
- >>something?
- >>
- >
- >Did you compile with "debug info" on or off? Often times, with
- >modern C++ compilers, the debug information (embedded in the
- >executable file) can be larger than the actual program. Try
- >again with debug info off (or use the TDSTRIP.EXE utility on your
- >current .EXE).
- >
- >You might also try fiddling with some of the optimization options.
- >
- >Regards,
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