From:	"Michal Strelec" <strelec AT adam DOT osu DOT cz>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Super-huge EXE files
Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 1999 13:52:53 +0200
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What is small size of program?
I compile much more smaller program in DjGpp then always compared BC3.1. But
it depand on use. This extra small hello examples has no real use.
For example I have program which has big amount of global data and BC is
almost unusable. I have to compile in huge memory model and in some cases
even THIS doesn't work. So I can't compile my project in BC. It's all fault
of BC's disability of compiling files bigger then 200kB.
But DjGpp has NO problems.
And compare my results.
DjGpp> final exe has 111kB
Bc3.1> final exe has 260kB.
And the debuger in BC in this large files has VERY strange manners. And MAKE
(in borland) it's ABSOLUTLY unusable. It has limit of 127 char as parameter.
So if you have to link several libraries (whitch has long path), you're out.

So I want thanks all the people for programming DjGpp.

Mike

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