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- From: scott_silverstein@yccatsmtp.ycc.yale.edu (Scot Silverstein MD)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: advantages to 32 bit binaries?
- Message-ID: <scott_silverstein-090992100758@lasagne.med.yale.edu>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 14:10:36 GMT
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- I recently recompiled some 16-bit binaries (such as the older,
- leaner version of ckermit, to replace the big fat current beta
- version on my distrib. disks) into 32 bit binaries.
-
- Then, I wondered if there were *any* advantages to doing this.
- The stripped COFF binary is about 1% smaller than the 16-bit
- version, but takes up appx. 10% more memory while running.
- It runs identically.
-
- If an application is not speed-intensive, are there any
- advantages to recompilation?
-