From:	"DeHackEd" <Not DOT given AT out>
References:	<35D08BAB DOT E6A8E5BF AT pcisys DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Why are programs so large?
Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:32:59 -0400
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Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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This program gave me 95K. If you had used actually used any COUT statements or
anything else for C++, I agree the program size would go through the roof.
That's what a handy little util called DJP is for. It compresses DJGPP EXEs and
has yet to give me a problem. It also "strip"s the EXE for you, removing
debuging information and symbols that are really only needed for linking.
Striped exe's can be about 30 kb smaller at least, and then DJP can almost cut
the file size down in half. I compressed my entire BIN directory, and with a few
exceptions like CWSDPMI, I saved a few megs.

DJP can be found in the FTP directories in the v2misc directory. It's called
MLP107b.zip (at this time).

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