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From: "sl" <SL AT usemail DOT com>
To: "DJGPP mailing list" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>,
        "Paul Derbyshire" <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 97 21:38:40 
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Subject: Re: Excessive exe sizes
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On 23 Nov 1997 03:05:10 -0500, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

>Because it's allocated at compile time in the data area of the .exe!
>
>If you allocate the array dynamically at run-time at the start of main()
>then you will have a reasonable .exe size and equivalent function.

	That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. You are allocating MEMORY here, not diskspace! 
Regardless of if you allocate the array staticly or dynamically it should NOT use up diskspace!

Gili