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From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: "DJGPP Mailing List" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Am I retarded -or- Why is my exe size so big?!?
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:16:41 +0100
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> > I'm using djgpp 2.whatever and allegro 3.0. I know that allegro has a large
> > overhead, but that overhead was supposed to be the same no matter how big
> > the the program got. I've been programming a game for a few months and all I
> > have is the interface and redraw functions, yet my exe size is 4.6 MEGS!!
> > Yikes!!! I tried undeclaring allegro stuff, but nothing happened. The only
> > gcc flag I'm using is -g. Can anyone help me please?
> 
> You compiled with debugging.
> 
> You can strip all debugging info:   strip --strip-all file.exe

Also, using an optimisation, like -O3, always reduces the executable size a bit.

Executable size is covered in the FAQ (you did read that didn't you?)

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819