Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/02/20/11:04:03
Date: | Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:46:39 +0200 (IST)
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From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: | Wonkoo Kim <wkim+@pitt.edu>
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Cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: | Re: Why bigger exe size with LIBGRX+BCC2GRX v2.0?
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In-Reply-To: | <4gbefk$8u8@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>
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Message-Id: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.960220174310.1163J-100000@is>
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Mime-Version: | 1.0
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On 20 Feb 1996, Wonkoo Kim wrote:
> I remember that we said v2.0 would occupy less memory by removing
> go32 and taking DPMI scheme. Is it still a valid statement even though libc
> got larger by moving some go32 functions into it? (when assuming that
> we had "v2.0 with go32" for the same gcc and libraries.)
This statement was and is valid, but it mainly refers to the conventional
memory (below 640K mark), which is a precious resource on any DOS
machine. I don't think anybody was as scrupulous about extended memory,
where a few KBs don't make much of a difference. The code that in v1.x
resided in the conventional memory (as part of go32) is now a part of
your executable image in the extended memory.
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