Re: Executable File Size Differences

[tmoran@bix.com]

>The problem is an old one: the lack of "smart linkers" which
>would include only the necessary code from an Ada package, and
  The RR compilers I've been using on PCs for years have done this
(/t option) and I think ObjectAda will do it.  When I used Borland
C++ 3.0 I never noticed the linker capable of this - has that changed?
  I just tried a very simple Ada program with an ancient Janus 2.2.2
compiler targeted to DOS .com files:
procedure hello is
  world:exception;
begin
  raise world;
end hello;
produces hello.com of 5328 bytes and when run gives:
** Unhandled User Exception - HELLO.WORLD
On Line Number 4 In HELLO
I realize that's cheating - but adding Text_IO unsurprisingly added
to the executable size.  And real programs under Windows, as Robert
Dewar suggests, results in executables, both C and Ada, noticeably
larger than 5K. #.#