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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-up1·3 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.
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.