Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 10:39:39 -0800 (PST)
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To: "Nils Emil P. Larsen" <Peter_Larsen AT vip DOT cybercity DOT dk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Can I split my EXE-file into a EXE-file and a OBJ-file?
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At 11:45  3/28/1998 +0100, Nils Emil P. Larsen wrote:
>Can I split my EXE-file into a EXE-file and a OBJ-file?
>It may be possible to move data from the EXE-file to a OBJ-file. I don't
>care about the size of the OBJ, but I don't like that EXE-files are
>greather than 50 KB.

In other words, you want to dynamically load some part(s) of your code. It's
possible, but IMHO not worth it. It won't be an `.obj' file, but instead the
format of whatever dynamic linking method you choose to use. DJGPP has a
scheme called DXE built in, but it's *extremely* simplistic and carries some
heavy restrictions 
(the dynamic module cannot access symbols in either the main program or the
standard library). The v2tk/ directory on Simtelnet has one called DLX; I
haven't tried it but it's supposed to be very good. As far as I know, it
doesn't have such restrictions.

What bothers you about your EXE being large? I personally would *rather*
have one large executable than a multitude of smaller files.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net