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From:	Paul Shirley <PS AT chocolat DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: size of .EXE files
Date:	3 Jun 1995 13:10:29 +0100
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In article <3qne9p$rk3 AT nic DOT umass DOT edu>
           apj AT twain DOT oit DOT umass DOT edu "ADAM P JENKINS" writes:

;)Jeff Vogel (Faculty) (jhvogel AT me DOT umn DOT edu) wrote:
;): I have recently intalled djgpp112, and switched from using Microsoft's
;): QuickC (I put it back in the box - gcc has a lot more features). I have
;): been a little disappointed, however, in the size of the coff or .EXE files
;): produced. They are, for the few programs I have compared, about 50% larger
;): than those produced by QuickC, and if I used Microsoft's /EXEPACK link
;): option, the difference is a factor of about 2. Note that this is just
;) comparing
;): coff files to QuickC executables.
;)
;): My question is this - is there an option I haven't found for producing smaller;): object/executables? I am not including debugging information, and have tried
;): optimizing, but so far I haven't changed the size much. I should also mention
;): that the programs I have tried are typically about 500 lines of code. Thanks
;): for any help.
;)
;): --
;):       Jeff Vogel
;):       jhvogel AT me DOT umn DOT edu
;)
;)Try using the '-s' options when linking the objects to make the coff
;)file, or strip the coff file after linking with the strip command.
;)This helps some.

Try the -fconserve-space flag as well...


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Paul Shirley: SemiProfessional Coffee & Chocolate Taster

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