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From:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To:	"Ken Smith" <kencom AT total DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:00:26 +0000
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Subject:	Re: size of .exe files
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"Ken Smith" <kencom AT total DOT net> wrote:

> I know this has probably been answered before. When compiling with Rhide, I
> find that all my 8k output files become 284k exe files. That doesn't seem
> normal.

This topic is very well explained in the djgpp FAQ.
Simple explanation: Your program have too much debug information, just cut it 
with strip program.exe. Take a look to the DJP compressor located in the 
V2misc directory.

But read the FAQ please.

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