Executable size

[Tower Ty]

Robert Fraser Wrote:

> 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?


Jar files were introduced with JDK1.1 and are based on the Zip format so they are compressed somewhat