"jovo" <j...@at.home> wrote in message news:ieit9a$2n5...@digitalmars.com... > Hi, > Today I compiled my old two module console program with d-2.50. > It uses only std.c.time, std.c.stdio, std.random and templates. > Compiled with -O -release, on windows. > Executable size (d-2.50): 4.184 kb. > Trayed with d-1.30: 84 kb. > > Is it expected?
Yes. The runtime is currently built into the exe. With C/C++, the runtime is often stored separately so the exe files themseves end up a lot smaller, even though they rely on at least as much compiled code.
