Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:45:04 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: Malcolm Taylor <malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP's .exe's are TOO large
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On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Malcolm Taylor wrote:

>>But really, the size problem isn't too bad. There's a bare minimum
>>of around 50k for the extender code, 
>
>The overhead code is only around 20K if I remember right if you
>remember to define a few empty functions (see the FAQ section
>referenced earlier in this thread).
I think Elliot was talking about the stuff that stays in memory when server is
run.

>Also never go past DJP. This has extremely good compression ratios for
>an exe packer, and can get your exe quite small.
>
>>but the PMODE 2.5 assembly
>>extender by Tran (Thomas Pytel), the best freeware assembly extender 
>>around, also adds 30k extra to the .exe file. So much for the 
>>compactness of assembler. 
>
>Actually PMODE adds 15K to your exe file. I have actually myself
Again, memory.

>>I think a lot of dead weight after that comes from certain standard
>>C functions like printf(), and the error-handling associated
>>with them. Trial and error should show which ones are the worst.
>

>As a testamony I have written a fully functional archiver that is only
>50K long. This is shorter than most of the others I have seen, and
>they don't even use protected-mode! 
Is it available anywhere?

Mark

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