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From: john@assen.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
Subject: Re: GNAT Codesize
Date: 1996/07/03
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mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) wrote:

>In article <4r1806$aci@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>,
>Fergus Henderson <fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:

>>On the other hand, it might well be a good idea to make the `-s' (strip)
>>option the default if `-g' (debug) was not specified on the command
>>line during the linking step.  That's what I did for the Mercury
>>compiler, and we haven't got any complaints about it.

>Actually, GNAT/DOS does this. If no -g was specified, it strips the
>executable.

That's interesting as it was on DOS that I (and some others)
originally noticed the huge increase in size over the Meridian
compiler (see a previous posting for details).

Best Regards
John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>