Re: BDS2006 exe sizes

On 2006-02-23, Dunny <paul.dunn4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Not a bad test of compiler (or rather linker) efficiency

Exactly. Why did none of the others who responded to this figure that one
out? The guy never asked for Hello World to be a good test of the compiler -
he wanted to know what amount of bloat he could expect from each delphi
product.

Because that is the wrong statement. It is a test of the runtime, not of the
compiler.

A runtime that initialises a lot of stuff will have a larger chunk linked in
than a runtime that prepares nothing. (e.g. setup internationalisation
variables in later delphi's)


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