I'm new to the Assembly Language.
I was trying to build a sample assembler code (masm32), then I realize that:
when using Visual MASM, the output is an .exe file with a size of
2,5 KB.
with the same code but with Easy IDE Code the size of the .exe
output file is 12 KB.
My questions:
For which reason this difference is due?
Is there an IDE or a method that can minimize the size of output exe file better than those IDE?
Can reducing the size of an .exe file affect performance of program?
I'm the author of Visual MASM and I can confirm that the latest version of Visual MASM does not generate a debug build. That is why Visual MASM, at the moment, creates smaller EXE's than Easy Code at this time.
However, Visual MASM will have an option to enable its user-mode debugger. To enable the debugger, Visual MASM will generate the debug symbols for your assembly applications. This would add to the size of the target file. So, you will see a Release (non-debug), and a Debug (with symbols) assembly option.
Also, no EXE under Windows can be smaller than 1 KB. If you want smaller files, you would need to generate 16-bit COM files which you could do in Visual MASM as well. It also depends on which version of Windows you are running.