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Subject: Re: why exe files so big?? 400k!
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:43:36 GMT
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bophcore AT hotmail DOT com wrote:

> for some reason (probably really simple) DJGPP compiles my executable
> files at about 400k (even if they're relly lame ones like adding two
> numbers and displaying them to screen, how do I make DJGPP compile to
> normal (small) size

There are a number of things you can do:

  (a) Use C instead of C++.  (I assume you must be using C++ because
      I can't imagine how you get such huge executables using C.)
  
  (b) Use strip to strip out the debugging info:

        strip foo.exe

  (c) Use UPX to compress the executable:

        upx --best foo.exe

For example, I get a 277171-byte Hello World exe using C++.
But using C and stripping and UPXing it's only 22564 bytes
- a 92% reduction.

S.