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Subject: Re: Anyone with a Windows Delphi compiler ?

Author: F. Huber

Date: 08:41:22 04/12/05

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On April 12, 2005 at 11:25:45, Rémi Coulom wrote:

>On April 12, 2005 at 10:50:09, F. Huber wrote:
>
>>On April 12, 2005 at 10:44:12, Rémi Coulom wrote:
>>
>>>On April 12, 2005 at 06:07:59, bo brady wrote:
>>>
>>>>Engine optimizer improves Winboard and UCI engines and makes them play better.
>>>>Since DLL files are also supported it will also work on Chessbase engines.
>>>>Download the source code http://kush.boom.ru/index.htm
>>>>Does anybody who has the Borland compiler wants to compile the source code and
>>>>distribute it from a site?
>>>
>>>I do not expect any improvement from this tool (compilers would do it, if it is
>>>that easy). But I would still be very curious to give it a try. Anyone can
>>>compile Delphi projects ?
>>>
>>>Rémi
>>
>>Hello Rémi,
>>
>>yes, I´m working in Delphi!
>>
>>I´ve just downloaded the source and try to compile and run it in the next
>>few minutes ...
>>(But also I think, that this ´speedup´ is nothing more than nonsense!)
>>
>>If you want, I could send you the EXE by email!?
>>(to the address in your profile here, I guess?)
>>
>>Regards,
>>Franz.
>
>Thanks Franz,
>
>I have just tried the program on TCB, and, as I expected, it does not speed it
>up at all. I think the purpose of the program is to reduce the size of the exe.
>It may accelerate initial loading a little, but it does not accelerate normal
>execution at all.
>
>upx is much more efficient for this kind of task, if anyone is interested:
>http://upx.sourceforge.net/
>
>Rémi

Now I´ve also done a first test with WinChest with exactly the same result:
no speedup at all - not even one single percent!

Comparing the original EXE with the modified one by this program shows,
that it only removes a 0-byte-block at the beginning and the end of the EXE,
which reduces the file size only a few kB - IMO this wouldn´t even give
a remarkable difference for the loading time.

Shortly said: completely useless! :-(

Regards,
Franz.



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