From: "DigitalFX" <digifx AT concentric DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Excessive exe sizes
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 22:18:20 -0500
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>When I compile my program it produces an excessive .exe - 2.7Mb from source
>files of about 40Kb! The .o file is 2.6Mb. When I looked at the .exe and
>the .o I found they were mostly blank space.

You can use STRIP and DJP to get the filesize down.