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From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: Exe size
Date: 1 Apr 1996 02:54:16 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) writes:
> On Tue, 26 Mar 1996 gelido AT dei DOT unipd DOT it wrote:
> 
>> 	which is the inline GCC options to make the smaller .exe ?
>> I use 'GCC -s -O3' but the output file is 2-3 times bigger than BCC.
>> Is this what I have to pay for 32 bit ?
> 
> Try -O2. 

Definitely. O3 inlines short and frequently used functions. This makes the
code for these be repeated all over the place and bloats your EXE. It's a
compromise between speed and file size.

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