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From: phillips@cs.ubc.ca (George Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: LZEXE and Turbo-C 2.0
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Date: 11 Apr 90 02:48:32 GMT
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I've been using LZEXE 0.91 (a .exe file compressor) and have had
good results, but programs compiled with Turbo-C 2.0 make LZEXE
print a warning message about overlays.  Has anyone else noticed
this, or is is just my version of Turbo-C?  LZEXE warns that the
actual executable code size is bigger than the "expected" size.
The discrepancy is usually fairly small -- about 4K for files
around 30K and up to 15K for files around 120K in size.  I suspect
the problem is minor; perhaps Turbo-C does something funny or
non-standard with the .exe files.  It's also possible that I've
inadvertantly told Turbo-C to muck with the executables, but I doubt it.

If you have a good explanation, let me know and I'll summarize
replies to the net.

George Phillips phillips@cs.ubc.ca {alberta,uw-beaver,uunet}!ubc-cs!phillips