> Just out of curiosity,  how big is that resulting
 > executable?


   159,384 bytes for the compiled C++ version with a Windows frame. I
haven't managed to get it to compile on this machine in the plain C version
for Dos. It's about 30 bytes in assembler. I suspect the dos compiler was
one of the fripperies I left out. :-(

 > That used to be a common subject for
 > discussion around here when talking about different
 > compilers.  Last one I remember was something absurdly
 > toward the big side,  like 150k bytes or so?  But this
 > was years ago...

Best Wishes,
Bill.

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