Basic for games only

[Pete]

Such comparisons are misleading. In order to create an exe file, even for the simplest file such as "Hallo, Welt" all the necessary libs & co have to be integrated so that an exe file is functional.

From the example below you can see that even a file that contains much more source code does not grow with the source code.
Hallo Welt! -> 1.99MB
Auszahlungsdauer -> 2.00 MB - only 0.01 MB larger.

Haven't you heard? Size doesn't matter anymore. At least that's what Steve keeps telling my wife...

You know in QuickBasic (QB4.5) you had an option to cut down on exe size by compiling only with the needed libraries, and making the exe a "Compact Executable." Seriously, with memory not being an issue these days, and especially for small programs, I don't think such an option is needed any longer. It may even exist, as I have heard of this talked about before, but I simply have no interest in it since memory limits have improved so much over the years.

Pete