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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "Tony Kao" <MacGyver AT ms11 DOT accmail DOT com DOT tw>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 09:30:48 +0000
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Subject: Re: gcc 2.8.1 outputs are much larger than gcc 2.7.2 ... why ??
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"Tony Kao" <MacGyver AT ms11 DOT accmail DOT com DOT tw> wrote:

> I just downloaded the gcc 2.8.1 and tried to compile the famous "Hello"
> program. the following is the program:
> 
> #include <iostream.h>
> 
> main()
> {
>     cout << "Hello, DJGPP !!\n";
> }
> 
> with the compile option: gcc -o hello.exe hello.cpp -lstdcx
> I found the execution file size is 386560 bytes, which is much bigger than
> gcc 2.7.2 outputs. For gcc 2.7.2 the execution file size for the same
> program is 187675 bytes.

You MUST strip the debug information. Add -s to the gcc command line or run 
strip hello.exe.

GCC 2.8.x generates a huge amount of debug information, in fact I'm thinking 
about going back to 2.7.2 because the memory needed to debug my program is 
huge.
 
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