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From: Georgi Savov <Georgi.Savov@Pika.Ca>
Subject: Re: Executable File Size Differences
Date: 1996/09/25
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Robert P. Kuzmicki wrote:
> 
> 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?
Probably you are looking at the Debug version of the EXE file.
Try making a Release Version. I did. It is 83K.

Georgi Savov