Why do static arrays affect executable size?

[Stefan Koch via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Friday, 10 February 2017 at 11:21:48 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
> // enum int maxarray = 0;
> enum int maxarray = 2_000_000;
>
> double[maxarray] a, b, c, d;
>
> void main() {}
>
>
> Compiled using "dub build --arch=x86_64 --build=release" on 
> Windows (DMD32 D Compiler v2.073.0), the exe size is 302_592 
> bytes v.s. 64_302_592 bytes, depending on the array length.
>
> Is that normal?

Yes.