Hi Thomas,
Actually the opposite is true, my compiled executable files are always much
larger than my source code files. But that was not my point at all. It is
that some times the source code file compiles larger than other source code and
vice versa. Such as;
starmule frm 43,936 bytes
spanker frm 70,513 bytes
spanker exe 163,840 bytes
STARMULE EXE 237,568 bytes
BFN
Jim
Hey you know that Mac you got, is it a big Mac?
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----- Original Message -----
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.
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