If Firebird code is taken from Rybka, how do you explain the size difference? No one would leave out winning ideas from the worlds strongest program. I dont get it. Lots of conflicting info.
Rybka 3 x64 smp
2875kb
Firebird 1.0 Beta x64 smp
346kb
Doctor Hyatt question
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This question should be addressed to the Rybka fanboys who are nomerous here....but don't bother as the most decent answer you'll get will be bla bla bla & more bla....
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The size of an executable really doesn't say much. Surely the 2.7MB is not all code. Most of it wil be tables. Tables can included as initialized data, or they can be generated at run time, during engine initialization. There must be some simple formula or algorithm to calculate each value in the table; no one types a million table entries by hand. Of course it is more efficient to initialize the table at run time, but there can be good reasons not to do it. (E.g. keep the formula / algorithm secret, to make reverse engineering more difficult.)
Another issue is compiler optimalizations. When I compile micro-Max with gcc, I get a 13kB .exe. Denis Mendoza made a PGO optimized compilation, and the exe then became 173kB. Mind you, we are talking about _exactly_ the same source here. We _now_ the DM compile of uMax is a perfect 'clone' of my uMax. So how can a 173kB program become a 13KB program without leaving anything out? Well, other compiler, other compiler options...
Another issue is compiler optimalizations. When I compile micro-Max with gcc, I get a 13kB .exe. Denis Mendoza made a PGO optimized compilation, and the exe then became 173kB. Mind you, we are talking about _exactly_ the same source here. We _now_ the DM compile of uMax is a perfect 'clone' of my uMax. So how can a 173kB program become a 13KB program without leaving anything out? Well, other compiler, other compiler options...