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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Why are...?

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Omega Online
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Posted: 21st Nov 2002 23:15
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Hello everyone, how are ya doing ?

Well I just wanted to ask a quick question.

Why are DBP exe's so big ?
I mean you can have a small exe with pck, though the pack just compensates for the large exe if compilied as a normal one.

I'm sure there is no need to have such big files.

Any answers are appreciated... ?
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Mirthin
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Posted: 21st Nov 2002 23:58
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Every single function is compiled along with the EXE. At least, this is what happens with DB Classic. If you use v.1 to compile the same code and then upgrade it to 1.13 you will se a considerable difference.

This has "Fiasco" written all over it.
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BHoltzman
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2002 00:21
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I think that there is a lot of debug code still in the compiled exe's. Eventually that will be taken out and our resultant exe sizes should shrink dramatically.

Take Care,

Ben

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Omega Online
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2002 09:08
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Thanks for the info
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RickV
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2002 18:09
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The sizes of the dlls will be coming down when Patch 4 comes out at Christmas time. A lot of code has been condensed and tightened up, so expect significant improvement soon.

Rick

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Mirthin
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2002 18:31
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Patch 4 will be out at christmas? Sweet!

I hope that's not next year

This has "Fiasco" written all over it.
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Lee Bamber
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2002 20:04
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Just to clarify, Patch 4 will reduce the size of a single DLL, though the remaining DLLs will remain the same size. There are plans to do a hack and slash optimisation on most of the large DLLs to reduce their size and speed them up further. This will be done once the main stability and functionality issues have been dealt with and the resounding community focus turns to speed!

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