From: "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Size of executables...
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 09:17:44 -0500
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Mr. X wrote:
>    Yes there is, but I don't remember it off the top of my head.  You 
> can just "strip prgname.exe" on your releases.

the command line option happens to be -s, use strip --strip-all
progname.exe on the final executable, or read the other options.

> Incredibly, it's 
> normal to have large executables from C.  If any function is used, the 
> whole lib is linked, even if none of the other functions are called.  
> And, when you explicitly link in other stuff, it links whatever you 
> tell it to link, never checking if anything is used.  DJGPP does this 
> 'cause GCC does it and GCC does it because the other C compilers do it 
> and they did it cause K&R did it.  So much for progress eh?  ;)

this is the biggest load of bull i have seen in quite a while. the
reasons why djgpp programs produce somewhat larger executables are
specified in the faq and in a gazillion previous threads which you can
search and read to your heart's content at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ 

linking is done on a module-by-module basis, so it is entirely up to you
to determine how finely grained it will be.

but then, why would anyone think a Mr. X from Las Vegas would post
correct information?
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