Binary size

[Claudio Bley]

>>>>> "Volker" == Sturm Volker <Volker.Sturm@fthw.siemens.de> writes:

    Volker> Hi, I tried out cygwin on win2k and i compiled gcc3.0.3 -
    Volker> apart from the prefix option - in the standard way. using
    Volker> the gcc 2.95 that came with cygwin and the 3.0.3 gave me a
    Volker> size of some compiled .exe of about 18 k with the old
    Volker> version and 35 k with the new version. the program i
    Volker> compiled for testing was:

    Volker> #include <stdio.h>

    Volker> int main(int argc, char** argv) { printf("Hello
    Volker> world!\n"); return 0; }

    Volker> I used 'gcc -o myfirst myfirst.cpp' for both compiler
    Volker> versions. why is the big difference in size?

I don't know, either. But on Linux I get a difference of 0.1k of the
resulting binaries of your program, one compiled with gcc v2.95.4 the
other with gcc v3.0.3. The size is 4.8k resp. 4.9k.

Maybe you have to ask the Cygwin people?

Regards,
Claudio