GW> Delphi's linker is even smarter... it
GW> removes not only unused units, but also unused procedures and methods.
BS> Are you sure ?  The way that the most trivial program that uses a 
BS> visualcomponent jumps to at least 250k or so in size certainly 
BS> creates theimpression that the Turbo Pascal smart linker has become 
BS> an extinct species.
Butting in and adding my 2 cents ....You must understand that in order for 
an application to create a simple window and all the stuff that makes it work 
as it does, requires a reasonable amount of code. A comparable C program 
using the MFC or OWL might have a small exe but would require a big DLL. The 
Delphi app is stand alone and requires no DLL (except for the Windows API 
DLLs which must be there anyway). This is something I have mentioned in the 
past a few times, it would be nice to have the option to distribute a DLL or 
set of DLLs for use by Delphi apps and then compile your apps to use those 
DLLs instead of putting reusable code in each exe. Then as I mentioned early 
in this thread, one could remove all the units, make API calls, setup message 
loops and do all the stuff necessary to make a windows program work (wasting 
much time for little payoff in my opinion) and end up with a smaller exe. 
Steve
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