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From: thaler@shorty.cs.wisc.edu (Maurice Thaler)
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Subject: Re: lze file compressor,produces optimized executables???
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Date: 12 Jul 90 16:47:04 GMT
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In article <30358@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v118hj3d@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>i recently read this in Robert X. Cringely's Infoworld article:
>(quoted w/o permission)
>
>"...there is a freeware utility floating around called LZE....
>[it] pulls empty space out of EXE and COM files, and changes COM to
>EXE.  Typical space savings is 30 to 45 percent, and execution speeds can
>nearly double, because the smaller files are still executable.  Dbase III+
>screams after it has been LZE'd...."
>
I must say that Cringely made me cringe when I read that. Of course the
programs will LOAD quicker but I think it is stretching it to say that
they run faster. Lets face it, they are just being read off the disk
faster because the file is smaller and the decompression is quick. It
can not have an effect upon the actual speed of the code.

I have used this program and reduced WordPerfect 5.1 from ~350K to ~180K
or so. This might be useful for people trying to fit it onto a laptop.

I would reccomend getting LZESHELL which is a front end that lets
non-French speaking people understand what is going on.


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