GCC C++ “Hello World” program -> .exe is 500kb big when compiled on Windows. How can I reduce its size?

Question

I just recently started learning C++ - I am using nuwen\'s version of MingW on Windows, using NetBeans as an IDE (I have also MSDN AA Version of MSVC 2008, though I don\'t u

Answer 1

You get the C++ standard library, and other stuff I guess, statically linked in as mingw has its own implementation of these libraries.

Don't worry so much about it, when you make more complex program, the size won't grow accordingly.