title: Why does PCRE static library differs in size on Win and Linux
body: <p>It's the first time I've used PCRE library in my project. I downloaded the source code (version 8.20) and built it with the same options on linux and windows (both x86). I am really puzzled with the difference in the librarys' sizes. On windows I have a static lib of 138Kb while on Linux it is 1700Kb whcih is more than 12 times as much.
  I will appreciate any comments on this. Maybe I was doing something wrong? <br></p>
  
  <p>UPDATE:<br>
  Configure options are: --disable-cpp --enable-utf8 --enable-newline-is-any<br>
  Optimization flag is -O2<br>
  On win built with mingw gcc version 4.5.2<br>
  On linux built with gcc version 4.3.2</p>