From: Ian Chapman <ichapman AT nortelnetworks DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Why are my c++ .exe's so large
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:47:03 -0400
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Hi,
	this question has been asked before.  Look up the detailed answers in
the mail archives.  Essentially it's the interface to dos/win9x and a
few other things and also if you have the debug flags on during compile
a ton of other stuff is included.  Unless you are really good keep the
debug stuff on.

		Regards Ian.

Katy wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I downloaded all djgpp files for Win98 from the official djgpp
> website, using the picker, and I installed it and configured it as the
> documentation indicated.
> 
> I am able to compile both c and c++ code, however, all my exe's that
> are compiled with gpp are HUGE!
> 
> For example a simple "Hello World" exe, is ~ 268,000 KB.
> I use the following commands to compile the hello.cpp
>         gpp -c -o hello.o hello.cpp
>         gpp -o hello.exe hello.o
> 
> How can I make my exe's smaller, is there a switch that I can use to
> do this.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Katy