[plt-scheme] Re: Comparison size installation executable - size installed drscheme

Dear Roby,

I was so impressed that an application (DrScheme) with a "real / 
installed size" of 87 MB could fit into a 5 MB installer.

I haven't seen that ratio before with other applications that I have 
installed.

It surprised me that much that I wondered if it could be right or if 
Windows (XP) was giving me the wrong information over the size of the 
installed executable. It mean it's the best compression ratio I've seen 
sofar.

Günther

Robby Findler wrote:

>   For list-related administrative tasks:
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> 
> I'm sorry -- what are you comparing exactly? Are you comparing
> drscheme.exe to the result of making a stand alone executable? If so,
> that's not entirely unexpected. DrScheme.exe is not a standalone
> executable (it must be inside the plt tree to function, which is larger
> than 87 megabytes).
> 
> Our standalone executable size needs work. It hasn't been a high
> priority, so far....
> 
> Robby
> 
> At Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:57:54 +0000, Guenther Schmidt wrote:
> 
>>  For list-related administrative tasks:
>>  http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>the ratio of these two seems to be 5,73 MB to 87,83 MB according to what 
>>Windows XP is telling me.
>>
>>Can that be right?
>>I mean that ratio is extraordinary.
>>
>>Guenther
>>
>>
>>
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