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Hello Bob - 

HA>>> The GNU compiler for DOS produces 80kb .exe for this
HA>>> test! Is the GNU compiler djgpp a toy thing? 

>> > On Linux it takes 4kb, very weird it takes so much under
>> > DOS! 

BS> The fault is in the libraries... DJGPP was the first PC
BS> port of gcc and the libraries are really terrible! Link in
BS> almost anything and most of the library gets sucked in with
BS> it whether you need it or not. 

I have followed some instructions to modify Borland to use a
very tiny 'model' that allows me to compile binaries the size
of ASM source code binaries but it requires the use of bios
calls for screen displays (as ASM would do it). I haven't used
it in more than a decade but it did work. ;-) 

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>      o/      Charles.Angelich      \o       ,
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>     / >          USA, MI           < \   __\__
 

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