From: Alistair Bain <AHBain AT NOSPAMPLEASEWEREBRITISH DOT pulsedesign DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Massive c++ execs.
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 19:44:19 +0100
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In article <62ilp8$mkk AT paperboy DOT ccc DOT nottingham DOT ac DOT uk>,
student AT nottingham DOT ac DOT uk writes

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>200K+ to print a single line and wait for a key seems very odd to me.
> Am I doing some thing wrong, or does gcc add in extra unneccessary
>libraries?
> I am grateful for any info on this puzzling situation.
>
> Julian Churchill.

No.
Yes - ish.
Check out the FAQs.
Adding -s will make it 100k-ish. DJGPP gives you a *LOT* functionality
that you are not using. It's not designed for tasks, but it is free and
it kicks butt... 

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Alistair Bain
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