sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoEx-Microsoft engineer rebuilds Notepad in 2.5KB using nothing but stuff Windows already hadwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down17
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-linkEx-Microsoft engineer rebuilds Notepad in 2.5KB using nothing but stuff Windows already hadwww.windowslatest.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareCameronDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoEven the linked libraries may not contribute anything, if they are already loaded and shared amongst other processes. There are so many factors and trade offs that you cant really make any assumptions based off just the executable size.
Even the linked libraries may not contribute anything, if they are already loaded and shared amongst other processes. There are so many factors and trade offs that you cant really make any assumptions based off just the executable size.