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From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Why are they so fat?
Date:	Tue, 11 Jun 1996 13:59:18 CDT
Organization:	Rice University, Houston, Texas
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> The smallest program you can produce with DJGPP v2 is 16KBytes (without
> compressing with DJP).

Not entirely true - if you write your code in GAS and don't use the libc
you can write a 2500 byte djgpp hello world type program.  Pretty useless
to jump into PM for a 500 byte program, but small can be done if you want
to abuse yourself.

Hell, for that matter, if you want to use DJASM you can write a 1000 byte
program.  But as Eli has pointed out before at least 100 times, this is
a silly thing to compare.  If you want to write 5Kb programs, go get a 
16-bit compiler and get a life elsewhere.  Since disk space is about 
15 cents per Megabyte anymore, you figure out how much bandwidth was 
just wasted over a penny.

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