Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/16/05:56:44
> After writing and compiling a few simple programs with DJGPP, I've
> noticed that the EXE is rather large... 80k! I'm guessing that this is
> due the the compiler attaching all of the libraries and/or headers
> used. If so, shouldn't the compiler check to see what code the program
> actually needs, and only use that? This program is still quite small,
> but a similar program compiled in TP6.0 is just a few bytes. Why is
> this?
Remember that it also has a 32 bit DPMI server at the beginning. DJGPP
isnt really meant for small programs, a 16 bit compiler would be better
for those, and have smaller exe's.
--
Rob Vasquez
Digital Fx '97
email: digital DOT fx AT worldnet DOT att DOT net
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