On 10 Mar 2004 at 2:30, Neil Santos wrote:
I looked at "a2dll" and AFAIKS the procedure works for GPC too:
Yes, it worked here too (cool!). I am able to compile all sorts of programs, that are quite tiny - a first for me with GPC under Windows (a suite of program that would normally compile to a total of about 2.7mb compiled to 390kb).
Whoa, whoa, whoa... Hold on, Chief. Where can I get a2dll, and is there an equivalent for GNU/Linux, and how big is the universe?
Oh, wait... Screw the first two questions; I just want to know the answer to the last one. :D
So, I guess that this is the next best thing after sliced bread ;)
No, no... First, it's sliced bread, then caffeine, then GNU/Linux. If this a2dll beast has a GNU/Linux equivalent (a2so?), then I'll consider it a far fourth.
I actually did not use a2dll for the final stuff - I used Waldek's alternative. With respect to Linux, this is what Waldek had to say on 7 March:
The size may be much smaller if the runtime is made into shared library (dll). On Linux this is very simple: Copy libgpc.a to a working directory ar x libgpc.a gcc -shared *.o -o libgpc.so
Then libgpc.so may be used in place of libgpc.a. In principle similar thing should work on Windows:
Until then, cigarettes stay in the fourth place. :)
Hmm ... you should quit ...
Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~african_chief/