From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: HELP: SVGALIB & FONT8x8.c
Date:	Sat, 22 Feb 1997 02:23:44 -0800
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J. Kroll wrote:
> 
> Also, are executables supposed to be so large?
> A 15k Linux program comes out to 300k+... I suppose it doesn't matter at
> all these days but I think maybe I've got something setup improperly.

Linux gcc uses shared libraries, which are pointless under DOS.  To see
how to reduce the size of compiled code under DJGPP, read the FAQ
(v2/faq210b.zip) chapter 8.15.

I'm sorry, but I don't know anything about SGVALib.

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