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Iirc mingw links its libc statically, that's probably why. Fwiw I still remember that an empty VB6 project with one form compiles to 20kb (16 if you select "opt
by iforgotpassword 1y ago
Iirc mingw links its libc statically, that's probably why. Fwiw I still remember that an empty VB6 project with one form compiles to 20kb (16 if you select "optimize for size"). It still needs its VM, which is a dll that was considerably larger. I think about 1mb, but it's been a while.
- sixtram 1y agoWe shipped our VB6 software on a 1.44 MB floppy disk. Actually, we had to add some random stuff to the installer to make our software fit on two floppies instead of one, so that customers would think our application was more complex. Our CEO wanted to make sure that the end user had to eject disk 1 and insert disk 2 during the installation. Sometimes you want to go big. So size matters.
- exe34 1y agoThat's amazing! It reminds me of when a client once asked to make the red more red. I asked him to look at it again the next day and he said it was much better. I didn't have to do anything.
- SoftTalker 1y agoSimilar to programs like TurboTax that add delays and “working” animations to make the user think something really complicated is being achieved.