Compiler: Size of generated executable file

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On 09/01/2010 19:44, grauzone wrote:
> On the other hand, template bloat can inflate binaries surprisingly
> much. For example, the unlinked object file of "hello world" in D1 is
> 2.3 KB, while in D2, it's 36 KB. That's because writefln() is a template
> in D2. (The final executable is almost twice the size as the D2 one too,
> although it's questionable how much of the additional size is due to
> templates.)

simple generics are smart.