From: khan@xraylith.wisc.edu (Mumit Khan) Subject: Re: How do I link programs created with flex and bison. 24 Dec 1998 15:27:57 -0800 Message-ID: References: <19981222213034.2843.qmail@findmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Tony Stratton Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On 22 Dec 1998, Tony Stratton wrote: > I am attempting to link the programs with VC++ instead of gcc, because the resultant .exe is one-tenth the size. > Interesting, since I get similar file sizes after I "strip" the GCC created executables. The sizes are however quite a bit larger for C++ programs since we don't (yet) have a DLL for C++ runtime library. $ gcc -o foo foo.c $ striop foo.exe or, $ gcc -s -o foo foo.c Could you please check and see if you still get GCC created executables that are 10 times larger than VC++ created ones? Regards, Mumit - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".