From:	Oon Lin <Oon DOT Lin AT jcu DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Excessive exe sizes
Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 1997 14:30:35 +1000
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> That looks right.  Look at your data:
> 
> struct look_up_table breaks down like this:
>         int line_length = 4 bytes
>         int x[640] = 2560 bytes
>         int y[640] = 2560 bytes
>         ===========================
>         total = 5124 bytes
> 
> look_up_table[480] = 5124 bytes * 480 = 2,459,520 bytes (2.4 megs)
> 
> 2.4 megs + startup code could easily bring the size to 2.7 megs.

Hi ..
I don't understand the above code..

Why would it affect so much the executable code ?

Wouldn't the statement look_up_table[480] tell the OS to allocate 480
MEMORY locations of size struct look_up_table ? Why would this cause the
executable code to be big ?

Thanks !
Kean

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