Re: gfortran produces huge executables

On Apr 27, 11:33=A0am, "FX" <coud...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > gfortran produces huge (700 megabyte) executable files, while a trial
> > version of ifort produces an executable file under 1 meg. =A0The
> > executable runs in either case, but the large file size and
> > compile+link times are a nuisance. The large executable is likely
> > related to a single large object file, which is associated with a
> > source file that defines a large dynamically allocated (I believe)
> > array.
>
> The only case I know of gfortran creating unreasonably huge executables
> (with very long compile and link times) is when you have a very large,
> static, parameter array. Show us the code and we'll see.
>
> --
> FX

Indeed, the code contains large static executables (not dynamically
allocated).  When I comment these out, the object file is a normal
size.  Suggestions on avoiding this problem?