Hello Dick H & everyone else 29-Okt-2004 19:49, you wrote:
> There are utilities available to compress executables considerably, like UPX. > Maybe that's a way to compress the exec size and have it loaded even > faster..and also avoid it to be hacked!! Everyone can download UPX and unpack the executable again, so thats no "hacking" protection. And for the "executable protectors" there's a whole set of programs and a scene of programmers who compete in "who's program unpacks the most?", so the anti-hacking argument is zer0. :-) And, what people tend to forget when they're amazed at the on-disk size reduction is: the packed file has to be loaded, unpacked, and then run, thus on startup a packed executable will require its packed on-disk-space *and* the unpacked space in memory. So - I prefer unpacked & streamlined executables, and I think we'll see a size reduction from the current beta to the next release version, anyway. -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) using v3.0.2.4 Rush on Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 The female octopus' vagina is in her nose. If she is not ready for mating when approached by a male, she may bite off his penis (he has seven others) and swim away with it. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.4 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
