Re: Minimize the size of 4ge ?

4GL 7.2x includes the GLS libraries as well, which will increase the size of the executable. We use the -shared directive in c4gl and the 'strip' (Unix) command to shrink the executable size somewhat. John Carlson Informix DBA WHSmith USA Ph. Chantry wrote: > > Hi all. > > We are to migrate our development server from: > SCO OS 5.0.4 > C compiler provided by SCO (SCO Development System) > INFORMIX-4GL Version 6.04.UC1 > > to: > Solaris 7 > C compiler = gcc > INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.20.UD7 > > Our problem: the applications compiled from the same source codes have very > different sizes on both the systems: > > Test source codes: > > # cat c.c > main() > { > printf("Hello !\\n"); > }> > # cat 4gl.4gl> MAIN > DISPLAY "Hello !" > END MAIN > > After compilation on both servers: > # cc c.c > # c4gl 4gl.4gl -o 4gl.4ge > > we have on the old SCO box: > # ls -l a.out 4gl.4ge > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 620856 Sep 24 09:45 4gl.4ge* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 46330 Sep 24 09:45 a.out*> > and on the new SOLARIS box: > # ls -l a.out 4gl.4ge > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 1420508 Sep 24 09:45 4gl.4ge* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 24364 Sep 24 09:45 a.out*> > So, on the new server, the C program is about twice smaller, while the 4ge > is about twice bigger ! > Obviously, the growth of the size of the 4ge is not due to the C compiler, > but to c4gl. > > Our question: is it a way to customize the behavior of c4gl, in order to > minimize the size of 4ge ? > > Thanks in advance.

Does this improve performance by smaller executable sizes; by load time into memory and execution time because of less code to "wade through"? "Carlson@WHSmith" wrote: > 4GL 7.2x includes the GLS libraries as well, which will increase the > size of the executable. We use the -shared directive in c4gl and the > 'strip' (Unix) command to shrink the executable size somewhat. > > John Carlson > Informix DBA > WHSmith USA > > Ph. Chantry wrote: > > > > Hi all. > > > > We are to migrate our development server from: > > SCO OS 5.0.4 > > C compiler provided by SCO (SCO Development System) > > INFORMIX-4GL Version 6.04.UC1 > > > > to: > > Solaris 7 > > C compiler = gcc > > INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.20.UD7 > > > > Our problem: the applications compiled from the same source codes have very > > different sizes on both the systems: > > > > Test source codes: > > > > # cat c.c > > main() > > { > > printf("Hello !\\n"); > > }> > > > # cat 4gl.4gl> > MAIN > > DISPLAY "Hello !" > > END MAIN > > > > After compilation on both servers: > > # cc c.c > > # c4gl 4gl.4gl -o 4gl.4ge > > > > we have on the old SCO box: > > # ls -l a.out 4gl.4ge > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 620856 Sep 24 09:45 4gl.4ge* > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 46330 Sep 24 09:45 a.out*> > > > and on the new SOLARIS box: > > # ls -l a.out 4gl.4ge > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 1420508 Sep 24 09:45 4gl.4ge* > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 24364 Sep 24 09:45 a.out*> > > > So, on the new server, the C program is about twice smaller, while the 4ge > > is about twice bigger ! > > Obviously, the growth of the size of the 4ge is not due to the C compiler, > > but to c4gl. > > > > Our question: is it a way to customize the behavior of c4gl, in order to > > minimize the size of 4ge ? > > > > Thanks in advance.

I haven't been able to quantify the performance benefit, but I have noticed a smaller 4ge memory footprint. As we were pressed for memory a while back, this was an improvement. John Carlson Informix DBA WHSmith USA David McNight wrote: > > Does this improve performance by smaller executable sizes; by load time into > memory and execution time because of less code to "wade through"? > > "Carlson@WHSmith" wrote: > > > 4GL 7.2x includes the GLS libraries as well, which will increase the > > size of the executable. We use the -shared directive in c4gl and the > > 'strip' (Unix) command to shrink the executable size somewhat. > > > > John Carlson > > Informix DBA > > WHSmith USA > > > > Ph. Chantry wrote: > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > We are to migrate our development server from: > > > SCO OS 5.0.4 > > > C compiler provided by SCO (SCO Development System) > > > INFORMIX-4GL Version 6.04.UC1 > > > > > > to: > > > Solaris 7 > > > C compiler = gcc > > > INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.20.UD7 > > > > > > Our problem: the applications compiled from the same source codes have very > > > different sizes on both the systems: > > > > > > Test source codes: > > > > > > # cat c.c > > > main() > > > { > > > printf("Hello !\\n"); > > > }> > > > > > # cat 4gl.4gl> > > MAIN > > > DISPLAY "Hello !" > > > END MAIN > > > > > > After compilation on both servers: > > > # cc c.c > > > # c4gl 4gl.4gl -o 4gl.4ge > > > > > > we have on the old SCO box: > > > # ls -l a.out 4gl.4ge > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 620856 Sep 24 09:45 4gl.4ge* > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 46330 Sep 24 09:45 a.out*> > > > > > and on the new SOLARIS box: > > > # ls -l a.out 4gl.4ge > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 1420508 Sep 24 09:45 4gl.4ge* > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 owner group 24364 Sep 24 09:45 a.out*> > > > > > So, on the new server, the C program is about twice smaller, while the 4ge > > > is about twice bigger ! > > > Obviously, the growth of the size of the 4ge is not due to the C compiler, > > > but to c4gl. > > > > > > Our question: is it a way to customize the behavior of c4gl, in order to > > > minimize the size of 4ge ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance.