Linux V Dos linking [was: Re: assembler [was: Re: cheers for gogo]]

[Bob Ham <nospam [at] dcs.shef.ac.uk>]

On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Foz wrote:

> The Linux compile only brings in 12 - 15 k of library code, whereas 
> the dos equivalent (DJGPP) brings in 100k - yup HelloWorld.exe in 
> C is 100k, asm HelloWorld.com is 18 bytes. I like.

That'll be because the Linux version can handle dynamic linking to the
main library (libc.so,) but DOS can't, so it has to statically link in
the system library to every executable (libc.a).  That's DOS for ya...

Bob

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