dspoon@fenix.Atlanta.NCR.COM (David B. Witherspoon) (08/23/88)
I'm trolling for information concerning the resultant executable size of C++ code. This is needed for performance and space requirements for a product now under development. The target machine is an 80286. Initial estimates were performed by guesstimating the average number of C lines of code the C++ translator would produce, and then from there the average number of assembler instructions per C line of code, and finally the average number of bytes per assembler instruction. This boiled down to an average number of object bytes per C++ instruction. I'd like to know if anyone else has made code size estimates for C++ applications. If so, under what method and using what factors (e.g., 1.5 C LOC generated for every C++ LOC). Any information concerning experienced code size would be appreciated, but only for the 80286. Every thought on the matter will have an audience! If I get enough info to summarize to the net, I'll do so. -------------------------------David Witherspoon------------------------------- D.Witherspoon@Atlanta.NCR.COM | "It's all just 1's and 0's you know!" NCR Sys Engineering-Retail/Atlanta | MY OPINIONS...ALL MINE!!! | - me