EXE file size: managed C++ vs C#

[Vitaly Zayko]

I created two absolutely identical projects (one form, two buttons rise
two MessageBoxes) - one in managed C++ and second in C# (bough are .NET
1.1). Size of executable files I got were 76K-release/136K-debug in C++
and 20K/20K in C#. I didn't expect absolutely same size. Just wondering
why C++ exe more than three times bigger than C#?
Thanks!

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Vit Zayko

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Vitaly,

I saw that VBNet can have even smaller exe's.

I assume that what every team build around it is the reason for it.

A simple test is of course to create in all Net four languages a form
application withouth any code and than to see what is in the exe.

(My expirience about C# and VBNet showed that the differences are not
stable. I saw it in the way I showed it above).

Cor

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

What amount of code your c++ project is?

How many lines the source code has?

I would compare c# more to VB.NET than to C++ , ( I may be flamed for this
comment in this NG :) )

cheers,

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Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Vitaly Zayko" <vitaly_at_zayko_dot_net> wrote in message
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I created two absolutely identical projects (one form, two buttons rise two
MessageBoxes) - one in managed C++ and second in C# (bough are .NET 1.1).
Size of executable files I got were 76K-release/136K-debug in C++ and
20K/20K in C#. I didn't expect absolutely same size. Just wondering why C++
exe more than three times bigger than C#?
Thanks!

--
Vit Zayko

[Vitaly Zayko]

It's just one form with two buttons on it. Each button opens MessageBox
with 18 bytes text and 4 bytes title. Anything else is default.
C++ has 100 lines includes default comments (Form1.h)
C# has 111 lines (Form1.cs)
I didn't use VB for last 10 years. But I know C++ and learning C#. I'm
still in dark which one to take as primary. That's why I make tests
time to time.

Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:

Hi,

What amount of code your c++ project is?

How many lines the source code has?

I would compare c# more to VB.NET than to C++ , ( I may be flamed for this
comment in this NG :) )

cheers,

--
Vit Zayko

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

In these times of 500 GB a HDD what is 100Kb ?

IMO you better concentrate in other metrics:
1- Knowledge of the languages
2- Market requests
3- Personal expectations
4- Consult a fortuneteller :) or maybe a luck cookie :)

cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"Vitaly Zayko" <vitaly_at_zayko_dot_net> wrote in message
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It's just one form with two buttons on it. Each button opens MessageBox
with 18 bytes text and 4 bytes title. Anything else is default.
C++ has 100 lines includes default comments (Form1.h)
C# has 111 lines (Form1.cs)
I didn't use VB for last 10 years. But I know C++ and learning C#. I'm
still in dark which one to take as primary. That's why I make tests time
to time.

Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:

Hi,

What amount of code your c++ project is?

How many lines the source code has?

I would compare c# more to VB.NET than to C++ , ( I may be flamed for
this comment in this NG :) )

cheers,

--
Vit Zayko

[Vitaly Zayko]

That's probably because I do pure C for embedded past two years :)
Seriously: I'm trying to understand which language is better for which
purpose. That was just one test from several others. I wrote this thread
because results I got are so unexpected for me. I agree: size is no
longer matter :))

Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:

Hi,

In these times of 500 GB a HDD what is 100Kb ?

IMO you better concentrate in other metrics:
1- Knowledge of the languages
2- Market requests
3- Personal expectations
4- Consult a fortuneteller :) or maybe a luck cookie :)

cheers,

--
Vit Zayko

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Because the ME C++ version has C runtime code linked in, this is going away
when you are using C++/CLI in safe mode. Note that the MEC++ version cannot
generate verifiable code.
Willy.

"Vitaly Zayko" <vitaly_at_zayko_dot_net> wrote in message
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I created two absolutely identical projects (one form, two buttons rise two
MessageBoxes) - one in managed C++ and second in C# (bough are .NET 1.1).
Size of executable files I got were 76K-release/136K-debug in C++ and
20K/20K in C#. I didn't expect absolutely same size. Just wondering why C++
exe more than three times bigger than C#?
Thanks!

--
Vit Zayko