From: mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Why is compiled a lot bigger than src?
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:40:43 GMT
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On 24 Mar 1997 14:43:45 GMT, gecko <gecko AT shell1 DOT tiac DOT net> wrote:

>When I was using TC++ I had a src that was only 14k and would compile to
>22k, thru DJGPP it is compiling to 114k. I used gcc -o c.exe c.src and
>tried the optimizations but nothing helps...I might be naive or somehting,
>ok thank you

It is likely that under DJGPP a lot of library code is being linked
in. There is also a stub which is required to allow your program to
use protected mode, and interface with the DPMI server. Also, by
default a certain amount of debugging information is included in the
EXE file - try putting `-s' on your linking command line to gcc.

Incidentally, gcc uses your source file extensions to determine what
it should do with the file; for C and C++ programs you should use .c
and .cc respectively (you can also use .C (capital) for C++ programs).
There are others for assembler code, object files, etc.

-- 
George Foot