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Date: | Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:26:28 +0200 (IST) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | Fred Backman <fredrick DOT backman AT pmail DOT net> |
cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: optimizing vs packing .EXE (Re: e: Why the executables r so big ????) |
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On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Fred Backman wrote: > I agree as far as packing an .EXE goes. I don't know how UPX works, > but I have a feeling it is no more than a packing tool, e.g. it does > not modify any code but "only" removes redundant information and > packs everything else. No, it also compresses the code (and uncompresses it at run time).
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