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From: reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: lze file compressor,produces optimized executables???
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Date: 11 Jul 90 22:01:49 GMT
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In article <30358@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU< v118hj3d@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
<"...there is a freeware utility floating around called LZE....
<[it] pulls empty space out of EXE and COM files, and changes COM to

Yes, it does file compression, but it doesn't (can't) make your executables
run faster.  LZEXE compresses a file and saves it to disk.  It also tacks on
a file de-compressor which is run at load time to de-compress the file.  If
you have a slow disk drive, then the program will load faster, because you
won't have to do as much disk I/O when you load the program.  If you have a
slow machine and a fast drive, however, it could take *longer* to load the
program, if the act of uncompressing the file is slower than loading the
file.

It is a useful program.  It only saves disk space, not execution time.

jim

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