[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Need to optimize 8086 C code for si

mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (02/13/88)

>I have a friend who is doing some development work for the 8086 PC market.
>He needs to optimize for size, since the 640K limit is posing some almost
>insurmountable problems.
>
The answer to this problem is obvious: Throw out you C compilers and use
assembly language. Hire a hacker who used to program 4kB game machines.
This will work wonders on your code size. Please tell me if you use
my advice so I can go out and buy more stock in headache-remedy companies :-).