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From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer)
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Subject: Re: Writing small code in SAS/C 5.10
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Date: 30 Sep 90 15:14:43 GMT
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>Also, the main program itself is not the culprit, it is the linking process
>that increases your size.


Another thing that increases the final code size, at least in Lattice 4.01,
is the "startup code."  Before your main() gets executed, a program called
_main() is executed.  It is moderately large.

_main() sets up the WorkBench message port, parses the command line, and
other stuff like that.  You probably don't need it all.  You can find the
source to _main(), edit out the parts yopu don't need, and use it instead
of the general purpose original.
                                lee