Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:46:39 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Wonkoo Kim <wkim+@pitt.edu>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Why bigger exe size with LIBGRX+BCC2GRX v2.0?
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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.