AG> I'm compiling a friend's ROT13 implementation here, which compiles to
 AG> 15K using Turbo C++ 3.0 (DOS), and the .exe is 35K using 
 AG> C Set++ FirstStep!

Keep in mind that the first is a 16bit compiler,  and the 2nd a 32bit
compiler (so even int's are twice as wide).

 AG> Can anyone suggest a way to trim .exe size using FirstStep?

Compile&link via icc with /Rn.


 AG> link386.exe statup.obj /NOE /PM:VIO,STARTUP.EXE;

Don't call link386 yourself -- let icc call it for you (this is actually
the fastest way to link,  since icc will use the in-memory copy of link386,
 whereas if you call it from the command line it will be reloaed);  icc
will also call the linker with several options which will cause the exe to
be smaller than what you have above.


 AG> int main()
 AG> {
 AG> return 0;
 AG> }

 icc /Rn test.c

For the above program is 3504 bytes.

The following program is 608 bytes!:

 // icc /Rn /O test.c /B"/noe"
 void _setuparg(void)       // not using argv
 {
 }

 void _setupenv(void)       // not using envp
 {
 }

 int main()
 {
     return 0;
 }




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