For the reference I'm using MinGW (GCC 5.3). When compiling a file with
g++ file.cc -static-libstdc++
it statically links the C++ standard lib (libstdc++) and produces a 1.9MB executable.
However running
gcc -lstdc++ -static-libstdc++ file.cc
it still dynamically links to libstdc++-6.dll and produces a 34KB executable.
Why does -static-libstdc++ only work with g++ but not with pure gcc?
