From:	"Matthew Conte" <spam AT somebody DOT else>
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Subject:	Re: Allegro for TC++?
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DoctorXV AT aol DOT com wrote in message ...
>Is there a grpahics library like Allegro for Turbo C++? I have DJGPP but I
>hate it's outrageous file output size of 250k for just "Hello, World!" if I
am
>doing it in C++. But in TC++ the file is only 5kb. Anyway...is there any
>graphics library for Turbo C++?

[This is discussed in the FAQ, by the way.]

Allegro is djgpp (and now win32 and possibly linux) specific.  You will only
get a file size of ~250kB if you do not strip the debugging symbols from the
executable using the "-s" switch in the gcc/g++ command line, or by issuing
a "strip <program>.exe"  after compilation.

Allegro is a big library and it adds a lot of bulk even if you don't use
most of its  functionality.  djgpp also needs a good amount of code to
handle 32-bit protected mode, but this space is fixed, i.e. as your programs
get bigger, djgpp's startup code stays the same size.

It is possible to make small djgpp executables.  I am working on a
full-featured Nintendo Entertainment System emulator in C, which has full
sound via the SEAL library and a custom GUI, and the executable is only
52kB.  I strip the executable and then compress it using the fabulous UPX
transparent .EXE compressor, the successor to DJP.  I saved a lot of bloat
by rewriting all of my graphics routines rather than using Allegro, of
course...

Later,
Matt.

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