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From: mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: printf() code size using Astartup.obj and AMIGA.LIB only
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Date: Mon, 30-Jun-86 17:08:31 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 30 17:08:31 1986
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In article <8606270438.AA07486@pavepaws> dillon@PAVEPAWS.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>
>	This should lay to rest any further arguments about printf().
>
>
>(linking only with AMIGA.LIB and Astartup.obj,  Lattice C 3.03)
>
>source				executable
>
>main() {}			1880
>main() {printf("hello\n");}	2376
>
>	As you can see, printf() takes 496 bytes, PERIOD, when called from 
>amiga.lib  (it may or may not use the DOS run-time library, but that doesn't
>really matter).
>
>						-Matt

Is there any chance that Amiga.lib's printf() calls a printf() that is in
rom somewhere (like in ROMWack???)?  It does not make sense that even a 
simple printf() would be so small.