From:	oohoseoo AT aol DOT com (OoHOSEoO)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	system() bloat! what's going on?
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Date:	15 Aug 1998 21:24:37 GMT
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I just checked a program I recently compiled and found it's size to be
abnormally high.  After looking through the source I found that it was due to
the system() functions.. after commenting the system() function out the code
what a nice 38k, with the system() function in the code it was damn near double
that! 72k.  A friend told me that it may be related to the overhead necessary
to switch back into real mode.  So what's the story.. and is there a way to
reduce this?  After all, I could probably just write the function that performs
the same as the program I am calling through system().

Thanks,


James (OoHOSEoO AT aol DOT com)
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Thanks :)

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