Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:20:34 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Anthony DOT Appleyard AT umist DOT ac DOT uk
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: compiling big arrays (was: Re: C++ Error)
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On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Anthony.Appleyard wrote:

> I have had the same nuisance. If men can send space probes all over the Solar
> System, why can't men find some other way of representing 4*800*800 = 2560000
> successive zero bytes in an .exe file than by writing them all out at length!?

They can.  And so will you if you read the DJGPP FAQ list, section 8.14.