Oct 012013
Interview Question…
I have following code snippets…
Code snippet 1
int arr[1000000];
int main()
{
return arr[0];
}
Code snippet 2:
int arr[1000000] = {10};
int main()
{
return arr[0];
}
After compilation of the above snippets the output exe differs in size. The second snippet’s executable is much bigger in size than the first snippet’s executable. See screenshot…
Why?
3 Responses to “C/C++ Interview Question: Why Executable file differs in size”
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And only for global variables???
Yes, only with global variables, from what I’ve seen.
Is it because it embed 1000000 X 4 byte long array with initial value as 10 in exe itself? That’s awful!!