exe file size

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:55 PM, John Reimer <terminal.node at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Bill,
>>
>>
>>> I think the build time of dwt apps is a much bigger issue right now
>>> than the size of exes.  The size of exes can be reduced using hacks
>>> like upx, but there is no fix for the long build times as far as I
>>> know.
>>>
>>> --bb
>>>
>>
>> Totally agree.  The size is just an annoyance.  But currently the build
>> times are pretty bad.  Recently, I've been frustrating over this especially
>> while working on the Browser port.  Everytime I want to test a fix, I have
>> to recompile... which takes ages.  This seems to be partly due to the dsss
>> dependency (recent version is sloooow).  I've been thinking of adding some
>> sort of shell script or "make" file to see if this can be improved... at
>> least for sanities' sake. :-(
>>
>> -JJR
> 
> Build times with the new dsss push me way past the sanity point, so
> I've gone back to 0.76, which I think may have never been released.  I
> think I built it myself from sources.
> 
> Build times with 0.76 are just barely tolerable with my app.  But my
> colleague was telling me today that he wants to do his work on a
> small, non-DWT test app instead of the main app because the build
> times are too frustrating for him.
> 
> If I were forced to use the latest DSSS, I'd defnitely be trying to do
> whatever I could to improve the build times, including using "make" if
> that's what it took.
> 
> Hmm... Now that dmd -v will spit out all the modules imported, it
> might be possible to use that to create a makefile (or a make.deps for
> use by a makefile) automatically.
> 
> --bb

I suggest people to try rdmd out. It comes with the standard 
distribution and I'd want to improve it based on feedback.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/rdmd.html

Andrei