Why are binaries/executables so large on Windows?

[Tristam MacDonald]

But 70k is an impressive overhead for an empty main function... And how will an executable packer help when most of them are incompatible with DMD?
Hoenir Wrote:
> rpgfan3233 schrieb:
> > Does anybody know why this happens? The one thing that prevents me from using D is the large size of the generated files.
> 70 KB is nothing compared to several MBs (which is the case for many 
> extensive applications)
> You use an executable packer if you want the size to be reduced 
> nevertheless.