Hi Jim, The things I mentioned such as line indentions etc were examples only of the kinds of things that get stripped when compiling. As I said when it gets converted from source to an executable all the words in your source code regardless of its a variable name, function name, etc is converted into ones and zeros and point to addresses only rather than actual code. Not sure that I can explain it clearly, but executable files will always be smaller than the original source because the compiler only keeps what is necessary to pass the instructions to the CPU.
On 2/19/12, Jim Kitchen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Yes but, I do not do any of the things in my source code that you mentioned. > That is no rem statements, indenting of paragraphs or anything like that. > So my style is constant in my source code, but if you look at the two lists > below you would think that they would be in the same order, but they are > not. > Below the frm files are the source code files and of course the exe are the > executable files. > > > spanker exe 163,840 10/04/2010 11:00 AM > tjs exe 229,376 05/12/2010 11:00 AM > casino exe 237,568 02/02/2004 12:00 PM > STARMULE EXE 237,568 08/17/2003 11:00 AM > puppy1 exe 241,664 08/05/2008 11:00 AM > golf exe 303,104 03/19/2007 12:00 PM > baseball exe 335,872 09/08/2007 11:00 AM > mach1tts exe 368,640 10/04/2009 11:00 AM > awesome exe 462,848 08/08/2011 11:00 AM > monopoly exe 483,328 12/02/2008 12:00 PM > > starmule frm 43,936 08/11/2003 02:28 PM > puppy1 frm 68,827 08/05/2008 03:19 AM > spanker frm 70,513 10/04/2010 04:57 AM > casino frm 71,230 02/02/2004 03:10 AM > tjs frm 76,000 05/12/2010 08:48 AM > baseball frm 99,777 09/07/2007 06:56 PM > golf frm 106,412 03/19/2007 04:34 AM > awesome frm 160,225 08/08/2011 05:47 AM > monopoly frm 163,208 11/24/2008 06:02 PM > mach1tts frm 163,709 10/04/2009 03:42 AM > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
