Message-ID:	<384DDC0A.4CF7D3ED@snetch.cpg.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 1999 15:18:18 +1100
From:	Michael Abbott aka frEk <20014670 AT snetch DOT cpg DOT com DOT au>
Organization:	Student of Computer Power Institute
X-Mailer:	Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I)
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Size
References:	<XQj34.344$nx1 DOT 17835 AT wagner DOT videotron DOT net>
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Heya

That's the first thing most people ask :)

It's due to overhead (changing from 16 to 32 bit mode, setting up
protection, etc.) that all programs will have at the start of their
program. The larger the project gets, the less signicant that will seem.

Oh, and it's in the FAQ

- Michael

Valkir wrote:

> How can I optimize my config so the size isn't that huge?
>
> Now if I do something like
>
> void main(){}
>
> it take 86k... something wrong I know :o)
>
> It does that with rhide and gcc...
>
> help me someone? thanks a lot

- Raw text -