Re: Alternative PE linkers?

On 22 Apr, 22:46, "robertwess...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
> Why not make it a shared library (a DLL, if this is Windows).
> That way it takes (almost) *no* space in each executable.

It's all to do with deployment.  At present the 'compiled' programs,
being self-contained executables, can be run without any
'installation' phase.  This is particularly beneficial when run
directly from a web-site: you just click on the link to the EXE and
the program gets downloaded and run 'behind the scenes' (so long as
you have a Windows PC).

As soon as you introduce DLLs into the equation you can't readily do
that any more; you need an installer to copy the DLLs to the
appropriate place, and possibly register them.  What's more, you need
administrator privileges to do it.

In any case I'm not looking to make such a dramatic change to what is
an established application with well over a thousand users.  I'm just
looking at ways of improving its efficiency somewhat.

Richard.
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