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From: s0052mol AT sun10 DOT vsz DOT bme DOT hu (Molnar Laszlo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Size of executable
Date: 2 May 1996 08:33:30 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Budapest
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Kristian H|gsberg Kristensen (u951303 AT rouen DOT daimi DOT aau DOT dk) wrote:
: It seems to me that the executable file produced by gcc is guite large...?
: I compiled the standard "Hello, world"-program, and the output executable 
: took up 57k, 32k when compiled with the -s option.
:  
: I know that there's got to be this stub-loader, dpmi-interfacing etc. 
: but does this really take up all this space, or did I just overlook 
: some switch? What are the options if you want to reduce the size of
: the output?
: 
Try my executable file packer for DJGPP V2. It's in the v2misc directory.

Laszlo Molnar