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User forums => Using Code::Blocks => Topic started by: tejashs on February 14, 2011, 02:34:51 am

Title: executables when compiling C++
Post by: tejashs on February 14, 2011, 02:34:51 am

Hello guys i am just learning C++.
I am using the latest code::blocks 10.05, and when compiling c++ files i noticed that all the executables were more than 900Kb in size even though it is only a hello world program.
Is it only my problem or is it the normal behaviour.

Title: Re: executables when compiling C++
Post by: MortenMacFly on February 14, 2011, 06:28:35 am

Normal. Play with the compiler options to reduce size.

Title: Re: executables when compiling C++
Post by: tejashs on February 14, 2011, 12:48:30 pm

Code

#include <iostream>
int main()
{
    std::cout << "hello world";
}

this is the code used and after trying optimizations for size,(888Kb to 457Kb) it reduced by half
can i further reduce it by any means

Title: Re: executables when compiling C++
Post by: MortenMacFly on February 14, 2011, 04:38:41 pm

Quote from: tejashs on February 14, 2011, 12:48:30 pm

can i further reduce it by any means

Depends on your compiler, but is certainly not related to C::B.

Please respect our forum rules and ask in a appropriate (compiler) forum. Thank you.

BTW: With terrabytes available these days why everybody is concerned about a few kB... :shock: