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In comp.os.msdos.programmer, sam4628@zeus.tamu.edu writes:
> I have a small program (source below) which basically runs a COMMAND
> shell.  When in this shell, I do a MEM /C | MORE to check the size of
> the program, which turns out to be about 65702 bytes!!!  The executable
> is only a couple of K!  For the record, the parent program which this
> is distilled from is over 27K, but still takes up 65702 bytes according
> to MEM.

Borland C 3.x has a couple of unsigned ints that reside in the c.obj
preamble which control the amount of heap and stack resreved for the
program.  The default is go get as much heap and stack as possible
(values = 0).  Set them to some fixed value (4096 or so) and more of
your memory will remain free.  You'll have to play with the values
some - there are no good error messages produced when you make them
too small - your program will probably just stop running.   Outside
of all functions declare:

	extern unsigned int _heapsiz = 4096;
	extern unsigned int _stacksiz = 1024;

I don't remember the exact variable names so be sure to look in the
back of your Borland Programmers Guide in the section on extern variables.


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