Compiler Bloat

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Gav said:
Remember the difference between 1.2 and 1.6 mb is MASSIVE when taking machine code assembler language.

I consider 4,000,000 bytes of machine code to be HUGE



Something does not add up in your calculations. 1.2 MB is (roughly) 1.2 millions of bytes and 1.6 MB is (again roughly) 1.6 millions of bytes. If we deduct one from another we'll get (yes, roughly) 400,000 bytes which at 3 bytes per instruction comes to (all together now) roughly 130,000 instructions. Where's that four million you are talking about?

Barney