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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: GNAT Codesize
Date: 1996/07/06
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Date: 1996-07-06T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <836687839.21932.0@assen.demon.co.uk>,
John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>It does appear that way doesn't it? Let's forget about strip from now
>on - besides, someone mentioned the default behaviour of GNAT on DOS
>was _not_ to leave debugging information in the executable which takes
>me back to me originally mentioning that the GNAT executable was 2 to
>3 times the size of the Meridian one for identical functionality.

Anyone interested in the mechanics of that DOS default is invited
to look in the bin directory where the GNAT binaries are. You will
discover there coff2exe.bat, a simple DOS batch file implementing
the behavior. You can even change it if you wish.:-)

Mike Feldman