Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 09:00:52 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: John Joseph Newbigin <079519 AT bud DOT cc DOT swin DOT edu DOT au>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Size optimizations?
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On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, John Joseph Newbigin wrote:

> On 22 Jul 1996, Mr. Eric Domazlicky wrote:
> > char array[64000];
> > 
> > main() {;}
> > 
> > seems to make the exe size 64000 bytes longer. I could be wrong but 
> > this seems to the case. The solution to this is of course to allocate 
> > the array dynamically by using malloc() or new calls.

This is indeed so in DJGPP, but only in C++ programs.  See section 8.14 
of the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq201b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP) 
for details, including a way to avoid such a bloat.