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From: robert@victoria.esd.sgi.com (Robert Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: executable size
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Date: 26 Feb 90 20:27:42 GMT
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In article <17280032@acf4.NYU.EDU>, mcqueen@acf4.NYU.EDU (David M.
McQueen) writes:
> /* acf4:comp.sys.sgi / trohling@uceng.UC.EDU (tom rohling) / 12:27 am 
Feb 24, 1990 */
> 
> Two ways I have found to reduce the size of executables are:
> 
>   1) compile using shared graphics libraries. As an example (Fortran, but
>      similar and even greater reductions are possible with C programs):
> 
>      With f77  program.f -lfgl -lgl   : 652704 bytes
>      With f77  program.f -lfgl -lgl_s : 453440 bytes
> 

don't forget to link with the shared C library also (-lc_s).
This results in an additional savings for any program, graphics or not.

Robert Skinner
robert@sgi.com

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