Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 08:45:30 -0500
From: dj AT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
To: tcmayo AT eng54 DOT psf DOT ge DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: DJGPP Executable Sizes

> Why do stand-alone executables compiled, linked, and coff2exed with DJGPP
> have to be so huge?  Is it because they are 32-bit code?  Is there any way
> to make them smaller besides something like pklite or double space (which
> didn't have much effect)?   I was wondering if the FAQ answers this ques-
> tion, or if someone could enlighten me with the details.  Forgive me if
> this question has been answered.

Probably due to libc.a modules required for basic operation.
Unfortunately, V2.0 executables are bigger since they have to do the
work of go32.

Run 'nm -n' on a pre-stubbed binary to see where all the space goes.