Executable size

Robert Fraser fraserofthenight at gmail.com
Wed May 7 23:17:01 PDT 2008


Frank Benoit wrote:
> The compiled code for Java SWT+JFace
> swt.jar   1.9  MB
> jface.jar 0.95 MB
> 
> I would expect that this code ported to D should result in a smaller 
> amount of code. Java hold all the reflection information, D not. Afaik 
> jar is a zip without using compression.
> A compiled DWT app as .exe is about 7 MB and using JFace 14 MB.
> 
> Why is that? How can it be done better?

Is this compiled all-at-once or with each object compiled separately?



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