Date:	Tue, 27 Jul 1999 09:43:07 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Masterdon Revoltist <TedMat AT CoastNet DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Does -s have affect performance?
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On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Masterdon Revoltist wrote:

> From my knowledge -s does some kind of compression? but does it affect
> performance in a large way?

The -s switch doesn't compress the program, it simply instructs the
linker to remove the debug info from the program.  This doesn't have
any effect on performance, since the debug info isn't even read into
memory except when you run the program under a debugger.

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