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minus-squareMangoPenguinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoOn a somewhat related note, why do so many open source projects give me a zip file with a single exe inside it instead of just the exe directly?
minus-squareTJA!@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 hours agoBecause zipping it can reduce the size
minus-squareMangoPenguinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoEXE files don’t really compress well, plus the files should already be internally compressed when the exe is built.
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoA lot of exe files are secretly zip files. zip files can contain arbitrary data at the end of the file. exe files can have arbitrary data at the start of the file. It’s a match made at Microsoft.
On a somewhat related note, why do so many open source projects give me a zip file with a single exe inside it instead of just the exe directly?
Because zipping it can reduce the size
EXE files don’t really compress well, plus the files should already be internally compressed when the exe is built.
A lot of exe files are secretly zip files. zip files can contain arbitrary data at the end of the file. exe files can have arbitrary data at the start of the file. It’s a match made at Microsoft.