Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:54:11 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Syed Shah wrote:

> I am new to C programming and programming in general.  I just downloaded 
> DJGPP and compiled and ran the "Hello World!" program.  Then I noticed the
> size of the executable and it was 101,530 bytes long!  Is the size of this
> executable normal or is there something not configured properly?  I thought
> the size of the executable should be relatively small considering its such
> a simple program.

See section 8.13 of the DJGPP FAQ list.  It explains how to make this 
size smaller, and why you shouldn't bother about it in the first place.