Re: [MiNT] gcc newbie question

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

Yes, unfortunately the gcc library is a pig, so even small programs come out
rather large.

  -- Howard Chu
  Chief Architect, Symas Corp.       Director, Highland Sun
  http://www.symas.com               http://highlandsun.com/hyc
  Symas: Premier OpenSource Development and Support

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi
> [mailto:mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi]On Behalf Of Martin Tarenskeen
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:20 AM
> To: MiNT Mailing List
> Subject: [MiNT] gcc newbie question
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have gcc installed on my EasyMiNT system. Now I'm trying to
> learn the
> very first basics about C-programming. You know, the "Hello
> World" kind of
> things. I don't have direct plans to become a professional
> C-programmer,
> but it could be useful one day to know at least something about this
> stuff.
>
> A few beginners questions.
>
> 1.) My first C-program works, indeed: "Hello World!" :-)
> But is it normal that the compiled binary measures about
> 100Kb in size ?
> Seems a bit much for a simple program that does so little ? I
> have seen a
> binary for an Intel based system that was much smaller ?
>
> 2.) How would the code look, making use of gemlib, if I
> wanted to print
> "Hello World !" in a standard GEM alert box ? - Just to help my on the
> right track towards basic GEM programming.
>
> A little help would be welcome. Who knows what killer apps
> for FreeMiNT
> will be written by this guy in the future ;-)
>   --
>
> Martin Tarenskeen
> Atari Falcon030/CT2b, MiNT 1.16a, XaAES 0.963, etcetera.
>
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