Why are binaries/executables so large on Windows?

[Gregor Richards]

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> "Tristam MacDonald" <swiftcoder at gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:f7r3rm$16ig$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> 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?
> 
> The only executable packers I know of work directly with EXEs.  So why 
> should they care what compiler was used?
> 
> Stewart.

They use ridiculously gross tricks that can cause the environment at 
entry to be slightly askew.

  - Gregor Richards