Hello Listmembers,
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 at 18:17:11 [GMT -0500] Fred Weissman wrote:
> Are you saying the if I downloaded the_bat.exe and ran the full
> install, the .exe would be one-third the size? If so, this doesn't
> make sense. Why have two different size executables? And furthermore,
> why not have the smaller one available for those of use who don't need
> the full install?
Will you please understand that you can _compress_ program executables
(they still are executables) which will be _de_compressed on the fly
when _run_ (started). In Bat's case the final size is approx. 3MB.
1) The decision to _not_ compress the main executable didn't harm
anybody: download size of the beta was approx. the same size as always -
and the same happened to the full install.
2) as mentioned above the real size of the program is 3MB - whether
compressed or not. Different is the _space_ the executable occupies in
your folder: 1.1MB compressed - 3MB _un_compressed.
You're whining about 2MB 'wasted' on your hard-disk? Is it really worth
discussing such an unimportant issue? Keep it as it is, the times will
change...the size of the program again.
Regards
Dieter
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