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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: Reflections on TC2.0, or ... "Impulse Buying"
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Date: 28 Jan 89 12:53:02 GMT
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In article <32857@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, schanck@schooner.cis.ohio-state.edu (Christopher Schanck) writes:
}One drawback came for execution sizes. All the object files compiled
}with 2.0 were bigger than their 1.5 counterparts, even though I used
}the -v- option. Not by a whole lot, but they were bigger. Sigh. I

What nobody seems to have thought of is the the *runtime*library* is larger,
due to increased functionality.  1.5 executables are larger than 1.0
executables, for the same reason.  The .COM for the null program ( main(){} )
grew from 1100-odd bytes in 1.0 to 1726 bytes in 2.0.

}haven't checked if there is a seperated "include debugging info"
}switch for the linker, but I think that is a far reach....

There is in fact such a switch, which TCC passes to the linker when invoked
with -v.

}[THELP] is geared toward the integrated environment,
}having editor commands and such, but it is neato.

No wonder, it uses the same help file that the integrated environment uses.

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