Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/05/08/12:05:07
mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot) wrote:
>Matt Gulden (okapi AT ezonline DOT com) wrote:
>: Hello, I am very new to DJGPP (downloaded it the other day) and I'm
>: new to C/C++ but that isn't part of my problem... I noticed that when
>: I compiled a small program of about 10 lines, the EXE file size was
>: about 100k... all the program did was include iostream.h, and print
>: "hello, earth" (nice break from Hello, World)
>: Is there any way I can lessen the file size?
>1) Put `-s' on the linking line (removes debugging info).
>2) Compile larger programs; EXE size is not proportional to source size.
>You can use `strip <exename>' on an existing executable, which has the
>same effect as (1). The point in (2) is that most of your program is
>one-off startup code and library code, which only needs linking in once.
>Adding more source lines won't make it link this stuff in again. Other
>than that, the only reason I can think why EXE size could matter to you is
>because of the disk space taken up; don't worry about the memory, because
>parts which aren't used much will spend most of the time on disk.
Thanks for your help... the EXE size kinda mattered cause I wanted to
make small graphical demos and stuff... I guess I could just use Turbo
C++ or something so not having to use DPMI and stuff like that... But
I'll stop wasting bandwidth... thanks!
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>George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
>Merton College, Oxford
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Matt Gulden -- thrillhaus AT ezonline DOT com
http://www.ezonline.com/okapi/
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