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From: Robert P. Kuzmicki  <bobkuz@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Executable File Size Differences
Date: 1996/09/25
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Date: 1996-09-25T09:30:29-07:00
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I tried compiling a simple "Hello World" program with the Thomson Software's ActivAda for Windows
and Thomson's new "ObjectAda". The ActivAda version produces a executable file size of about 288K.
ObjectAda produces an exe of about 788K. Microsoft C++ produces an exe of about 10K. Why are the
executables so substantially different? Are the Ada compilers linking in alot of excess baggage? I
have tried various compiler switches, but nothing seems to shrink the exe file sizes.

Can anyone enlighten me here?