Date:	Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:36:25 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Ron House <house AT usq DOT edu DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: DJGPP EXE file size vs Linux
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On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Ron House wrote:

> But most
> puzzling, the stripped sizes of the exe under Linux and DJGPP are vastly
> different: 950K vs 1.9Mb.

Linux uses shared libraries, so the size you see on Linux doesn't
include the standard C++ library, libstdc++.a, and the standard C
library, libc.a.  See sections 8.14 and 8.15 of the DJGPP FAQ, for
more about this.

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