• kinghajj (13/13) May 24 2004 (Note: I'm using linux, but this should work for windows if you have 'st...
• Ant (7/27) May 25 2004 nice. for a linux exec (leds):
• Norbert Nemec (2/22) May 25 2004 I would assume you get similar ratios for C++ files.
• School (2/3) May 28 2004 but not with C files.

kinghajj <kinghajj_member pathlink.com> writes:

(Note: I'm using linux, but this should work for windows if you have 'strip.exe'
and UPX).

First, I stripped the executable (in this case, wc)

COMMAND:
strip wc

That decreased the filesize to 68% of the original (appearently, D leaves lots
to strip in it's executables!)

Then, I used UPX to compress the file.

COMMAND:
upx -o wc_c wc -9

Which lowered the filesize to 28% of the original (27758 B).

So, if you've been angry ad D's larger-than-noraml executable sizes, now you can
fix it ;D

Ant <duitoolkit yahoo.ca> writes:

On Tue, 25 May 2004 04:20:45 +0000, kinghajj wrote:

 (Note: I'm using linux, but this should work for windows if you have
'strip.exe'
 and UPX).
 
 First, I stripped the executable (in this case, wc)
 
 COMMAND:
 strip wc
 
 That decreased the filesize to 68% of the original (appearently, D leaves lots
 to strip in it's executables!)
 
 Then, I used UPX to compress the file.
 
 COMMAND:
 upx -o wc_c wc -9
 
 Which lowered the filesize to 28% of the original (27758 B).
 
 So, if you've been angry ad D's larger-than-noraml executable sizes, now you
can
 fix it ;D

nice. for a linux exec (leds):
original 2_832_076
striped  2_052_952
upxed      594_183 (21%)

which is smaller then the gziped version from the striped (678_043).

Ant

Norbert Nemec <Norbert.Nemec gmx.de> writes:

kinghajj wrote:

 (Note: I'm using linux, but this should work for windows if you have
 'strip.exe' and UPX).
 
 First, I stripped the executable (in this case, wc)
 
 COMMAND:
 strip wc
 
 That decreased the filesize to 68% of the original (appearently, D leaves
 lots to strip in it's executables!)
 
 Then, I used UPX to compress the file.
 
 COMMAND:
 upx -o wc_c wc -9
 
 Which lowered the filesize to 28% of the original (27758 B).
 
 So, if you've been angry ad D's larger-than-noraml executable sizes, now
 you can fix it ;D

I would assume you get similar ratios for C++ files.

School <itsnotvalid-news yahoo.com.hk> writes:

Norbert Nemec wrote:
 I would assume you get similar ratios for C++ files.

but not with C files.