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Subj : executable size optimizations
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Razmig K" <strontium90@postmaster.co.uk>
Date : Fri Jul 25 2003 12:35 pm


Dear mates,

It's known that Microsoft Visual C++ IDE project compiling procedures happen generally in two configurations, 'Debug' and 'Release'. The latter causes the compiler to generate considerablly small code (far less than 60 KB for a traditional 'Hello world' program).

The question is, how the smallest possible code is generated using Borland's C++ compiler for a small/medium sized source such as the previous example ?

Note: The switch -O1 for size optimization didn't actually reduce the size of the generated executable.

The compiler in question is Borland C++ 5.6 for win32, and the associated linker is Turbo Incremental Link 5.60 both shipped with Borland C++ Builder 6.
The compile procedure presumably will be on the command line.

Thank you.

//rk

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