From: jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter)
Subject: Re: cygwin.dll
17 Jan 1997 23:24:49 -0800
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Shankar Unni wrote:
> 
> James Osburn wrote:
> 
> > First the cygwin.dll is to large It should not
> > contain the unix to win32 interface.
> 
> Folks: cygwin.dll is *NOT* that large. If you run "size" on it, you'll
> see that the active parts (text+data+bss) are actually only 330K (not
> 3MB). The size of the file is obviously due to debug information and the
> like, but 3MB are *NOT* being loaded into memory. So relax.

Ah, you are like Aristotle's stable boy who, rather than engage
in philosphical debate about the enumeration of equine dentures,
simply got the information "straight from the horse's mouth".
Thanks for the injection. :-)

Can we all go back to work, now?

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