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posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 07.04.2009, 00:01

> RXDOSDEV ASM        63.854  20.01.2009  20:40
> RXDOSCFG ASM        64.057  11.01.2009  19:55
> RXDOSDV2 ASM        70.480  14.12.2008  21:30
> RXDOSINI ASM        83.478  01.04.2009  15:55
> RXDOSLFN ASM       119.038  11.01.2009  21:11
> RXDOS    ASM       160.990  01.04.2009  18:54

>
> There you go. (The decimal point of the file sizes is none, it's the
> European thousands separator.) The RxDOSLFN file really contains the LFN
> handling only, while the main RxDOS file contains some tables and
> interrupt handlers plus the high layer of many subfunctions. These files,
> as opposed to the originals, already use tabs. If you're interested, the
> remaining kernel files (mostly below 30 KiB each) sum up to another
> 336,070 bytes.
>
> You could argue that writing stuff in C is better, then :-D

No way! What you save in source size is lost in .EXE size. Ideally, mix and match C + ASM for best results either way.

 

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