From: "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: 3k lines = 4 MEG!! EXE ?? Help
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:35:34 -0500
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gilley wrote:
>        version 3,  3000 lines of code + Allegro + lots of globals
>                    used in testing + 500 lines of "model data"
>                    consisting of initialized structures that hold
>                    the 3d models.  = 4 MEG exe.
> 
>        Running strip on the 4 Meg exe gets me a 3.9 meg exe.
> 
>        Using Mathlib and Allegrolib.
> 
>        What is going on here? What has caused the exe to jump to 4 
> megs?     Good day to all, STG

the initializers for the global data have to be stored somewhere, don't
you think.
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