05-29-2022, 11:45 AM
Quote:You know in QuickBasic (QB4.5) you had an option to cut down on exe size by compiling only with the needed libraries, and making the exe a "Compact Executable." Seriously, with memory not being an issue these days, and especially for small programs, I don't think such an option is needed any longer. It may even exist, as I have heard of this talked about before, but I simply have no interest in it since memory limits have improved so much over the years.
Yes, I can remember that. I just checked again - I have the manuals and the technical reference for QuickBasic and QBasic. I also compiled from DOS a few times, but I only really used this possibility under QuickC.
From memory: With some programs it has visibly brought something, with others it has brought only little.
But today that really doesn't matter anymore. I bought a 2nd external HD with 2TB at the end of last year for €60.00. The HD is divided into 4 partitions, two for backup C:\ and D:\, one with Fat32 for old programs, and the rest for free use. A total of about 1.4TB are still free on the HD.
Disk storage is practically no longer an issue today, not for everyday programs.