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From: scott@fred.cs.washington.edu (Scott Northrop)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: linking gcc object files on vax/vms
Summary: use the shareable image
Keywords: gcc vms
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Date: 27 Jul 89 22:00:21 GMT
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(mkemi@jupiter.dk writes:)

	How do I reduce the size of my executables?

Link to the shareable image that is always in memory - that way your
executable uses code that it doesn't carry around. Like so:

$ link hello, sys$library:vaxcrtl.exe/share

That should bring the executable down to a more manageable size, like 3k.