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From: v056ped5@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Brian M McNamara)
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Subject: FST executable sizes
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Date: 28 Oct 90 14:59:32 GMT
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The FST linker (I don't think the version even matters) seems to carry a
lot of overhead from SYSTEM an FileSystem, as well as including all
procedures from any DefMod you may have called. However, when using
m2link (i.e. not in the interactive editor) you can specify /o to
optimize the executable program. I often see sizes of 3K or 4K when doing
this. It is slow to optimize, but as mentioned...it is a hell of a product
for shareware.

Brian