Re: GNAT Executables: How low can you go?

[akc1@ix.netcom.com(Al Christians)]

In <317688E9.2781E494@escmail.orl.mmc.com> "Theodore E. Dennison"      

>Again, I don't believe you here. I don't bat an eylash at any
>executable less than one MEG. If someone raises nonsense such as
>executable size as argument against Ada, you're just wasting your 
>time trying to placate them. They will just keep shifting their 
>argument, becuase the real problem isn't executable size, its that
>its not C. Don't even bother.

I have worked in situations with networked DOS PC's in which the
executable sizes are very important.  Some systems are too big to be a
single executable, so client PC's must load executables repeatedly as
the users switch from task to task.  Even compact executables represent
a large portion of the load on the network, which is often close to
capacity.  The difference between compact and bloated executables is
critical in these cases.


Al