From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Exe size help
Date: 17 Nov 1999 12:56:40 -0800
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"Raul Carolus" <carolura AT luther DOT edu> writes:

> Ok, I'm baffled, my exe compiled from C++, using Allegro and the Allegttf
> libraries is well over 1 meg..  Everything I've tried to reduce the size
> (optimizing out the wazoo, no debug, even the stuff in the Allegro
> documnetation didn't help much) has only resulted in a 50k or so reduction.
> 
> What else can I try to get my exe size down?  Thanks.

Try a compressor such as DJP.  This should cut it significantly.

Note that Allegro is rather inherently large, as its docs explain.  I
think you may just have to live with this, to some extent.

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Nate Eldredge
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