Compiler: Size of generated executable file

[Leandro Lucarella]

Walter Bright, el 12 de enero a las 14:48 me escribiste:
> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> >NOT for everybody. I refuse to download huge programs (unless their size
> >is justified).
> 
> Unfortunately, sizeof(exe + dll) == sizeof(exe) + sizeof(dll)
> 
> You'd only see savings if the user already has the dll installed, or
> if you are shipping multiple exe's.

In Linux, using a distribution, you have a pretty good change that dynamic
libraries are used by more than one program. And there is
typeinfo/template bloat too to analyze in the executables bloat, it's not
just static vs dynamic linking (even when that would be a big step forward
smaller binaries).

> >And when it comes to embedded systems, size *do* matter.
> 
> I know.

Well, I hope then that D sees big binaries as a (low priority) bug then :)

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