From: "Travis" <slardy AT erols DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Why are my file sizes so big?
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:34:32 -0400
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How come a program written with DJGPP and Allegro turns out so large??
I made a simple program do display a bitmap on the screen @ 640x480 and it
was over 700k! what can i do to prevent this?