From:	j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Message-Id:	<199606260356.AA227991370@relay1.geis.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jun 96 03:30:00 UTC 0000
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Mime-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: Executable size

Reply to message 5051530    from BEN AT FLAG DOT DEMO on 06/25/96  7:32AM


>Is the filesize of a DJGPP created program limited to 640k?  I know you can
>allocate tons of memory etc, and have lots of fun whilst its running, but can
>the initial size be greater than this?

Hardly.  The only part of a DJGPP program that is loaded by DOS is the
2K stub which loads DPMI services.  The rest is paged in as needed under
DPMI.  Your programs can be 100 megabytes long and DOS will never
notice.

John

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