Size of 'Hello World'

[Marten Jan de Ruiter]

> >
> > 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

A one-liner can do the trick also:

ld -o /usr/local/lib/atlas/liblapack.so -shared --whole-archive \ 
-export-dynamic lib/Linux_ATHLONSSE1/liblapack.a

So ld can function as `a2so`

Marten Jan


My 0.02 euro ... Rumours are that the 1 and 2 eurocent coins are to 
disappear, and prices will be rounded. Guess what my contributions 
then will be ;-)