From: myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Myballs three times bigger when I compile?
Date: 13 Feb 1998 05:37:20 GMT
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pneyz <pneyz AT bethany DOT edu> writes:
> > I obtained the game and the source code of the game M
> > MyBalls have drop.
> > The binary I got took less than 300,000bytes but when I
> > I recompile it
> > takes over 600,000bytes and it works the same? Any i
> > idea? Maybe is
> > because of the difference in djgpp versions? How s
> > should I compile so
> > it does not grow so much?
> 
> Try compiling with "-s" to strip debugging info. It
> should amke it quite
> a bit smaller. Also, try running DJP on it to compress
> it further.

Yes, djp.exe can half the size of an executable file.  I have a little readme
to myself that says:
mlp105b.zip is the djp compressor.

You can get it from the same simtel sites where all the other files are.

Also, if you are using the -O3 option, that option can add to the size of the
resulting executable file.  -O2 doesn't, I hear.

--Ed (Myknees)