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how to compile to reduce memory /STACK doesn't seem to change anything?

I create a lot of simple programs, which don't need any memory, but they always show around 1MB-1.6MB memory in the private memory column in task manager.

I read that the default stack size is 1MB for linking with link.exe, i tried playing with /STACK like this :

/STACK:65536 (64kb)
/STACK:16777216 (16mb)


when i run the program, the memory hasn't changed at all..

Even a simple program like this, using 1.6MB compiled as 64bit with link.exe and no libs (simple.c):

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
puts('hello world ');
getchar();
return 0;
}


Can anyone tell me how i can reduce the memory on simple programs? i know 1mb isn't much but i'm very curious as there are some windows processes which show very low memory in taskman, e.g. smss.exe is runing 0.4MB private memory with 2 threads.

Thanks!

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