dmd -lib and executable size (+10 MB)

[Bill Baxter]

Ha ha.  You are dedicated, man.
Here's a small tribute to your dedication:
http://www.billbaxter.com/techblog/?p=9

--bb

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Lionello Lunesu
<lionello at lunesu.remove.com> wrote:
> I got curious and wrote a batch file to test the exe sizes for all versions
> of dmd.exe in my local repository. The D file only has "void main() {}".
>
> There's clearly a jump in filesize since v1.032, when the size went from
> 79KB to 124KB.
>
> Here's the complete result:
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v0.173
> 70.172  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v0.174
> 68.636  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v0.175
> 70.172  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v0.176
> 68.636  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v0.177
> 69.148  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v0.178
> 69.148  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.0
> 69.148  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.001
> 73.244  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.002
> 73.244  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.003
> 73.244  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.004
> 73.244  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.005
> 73.756  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.006
> 73.756  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.007
> 73.756  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.009
> 73.756  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.010
> 75.804  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.011
> 75.804  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.012
> 75.804  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.013
> 75.804  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.014
> 76.316  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.015
> 76.828  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.017
> 76.828  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.018
> 76.828  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.019
> 76.828  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.020
> 76.828  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.021
> 76.828  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.022
> 76.828  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.023
> 78.364  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.024
> 79.900  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.025
> 79.900  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.026
> 79.900  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.027
> 79.900  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.028
> 79.388  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.029
> 79.900  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.030
> 79.900  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.031
> 79.388  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.032
> 124.444  t.exe
>
> Digital Mars D Compiler v1.033
> 124.444  t.exe
>
>