At 17:02 2007-01-29, Nuno Berneaud wrote: >Hello. > >On 29 Jan 2007, you wrote: > > > BTW, found this in Bjarne's C++ FAQ: > > Why is the code generated for the "Hello world" program ten times > > larger for C++ than for C? > > It isn't on my machine, and it shouldn't be on yours. I have even > > seen the C++ version of the "hello world" program smaller than the C > > version. When I recently (2004) tested using gcc -o2 on a Unix, the > > two versions (iostreams and stdio) yielded identical sizes. There is > > no language reason why the one version should be larger than the > > other. It is all an issue on how the implementor organized the > > libraries. If one version is significantly larger than the other, > > report the problem to the implementor of the larger. > >I've tried the Bjarne's "hello world" example, too, and was >surprised to see the >executable was almost 4MB! 5 lines of code, a couple includes, isn't it a bit >too much?
did you try optimization? nobody really gives a rat's patuti about the size of debug or unoptomized builds >Bye, > >Nuno > > > >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com The five most dangerous words in the English language: "There oughta be a law"
