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From: jhvogel AT me DOT umn DOT edu (Jeff Vogel \(Faculty\))
Subject: size of .EXE files
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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 14:31:32 GMT
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To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

I have recently intalled djgpp112, and switched from using Microsoft's
QuickC (I put it back in the box - gcc has a lot more features). I have
been a little disappointed, however, in the size of the coff or .EXE files
produced. They are, for the few programs I have compared, about 50% larger
than those produced by QuickC, and if I used Microsoft's /EXEPACK link
option, the difference is a factor of about 2. Note that this is just comparing
coff files to QuickC executables.

My question is this - is there an option I haven't found for producing smaller
object/executables? I am not including debugging information, and have tried
optimizing, but so far I haven't changed the size much. I should also mention
that the programs I have tried are typically about 500 lines of code. Thanks
for any help.

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	Jeff Vogel
	jhvogel AT me DOT umn DOT edu