exe file size

[Jeffrey Rennie]

John Reimer 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
> 
> 

Naturally, for some of us, .exe size is more important.  Specifically, 
for those of us building software that will be downloaded by users at home.

But then again, I always build GUIs using native libraries--WTL on Win32 
and Objective-C on Mac--so I'm likely not a DWT customer anyway.