PureBasic 6.12 LTS is out !

[Fred]

Thanks !

[Quin]

@fred, all seems to be working for me and the latest package

[Psychophanta]

Looks like it compiles very fast with the new re-uploaded package

[Randy Walker]

@Fred -- I'm a scaredy cat.

[Randy Walker]

I had a small script that compiled into a 22KB binary (compiled in 2019). Now with 6.11, it creates a 159KB file. Ouch!

22k jump to 159k is a LOT of bloat. I complained to Fred about that one time in the past. He increased my program performance 2.5 times, but with considerble bloat.
viewtopic.php?p=133151#p133151

Really Fred. Can't you cut it down to half the size AND maintain the speed increase.

[plouf]

File size is NOT as big now . Its reduces in 6.11 vs 6,10

BUT do you also compare BIG programs?
I.e. +10-50-100kb in a 10mb progeam is not a big deal
Also optimizationa possible wirh c backend in BIG progrmas
Moat probably will occur to have a BETTER file fize and faster execution speed...

Its this point of view also

[Caronte3D]

I don't understand the some people obsession to get ridiculous (nowadays) small file sizes

[Fred]

I had a small script that compiled into a 22KB binary (compiled in 2019). Now with 6.11, it creates a 159KB file. Ouch!

22k jump to 159k is a LOT of bloat. I complained to Fred about that one time in the past. He increased my program performance 2.5 times, but with considerble bloat.
viewtopic.php?p=133151#p133151

Really Fred. Can't you cut it down to half the size AND maintain the speed increase.

Why do you think it's bloat ? We're using a new CRT and it's increasing the size by a few KB, we don't do it for fun . And we heard you, really, no need to get back at it every posts: viewtopic.php?t=85217

More info here https://www.purebasic.fr/blog/?p=538

[BarryG]

My exe is 9 MB before I use UPX on it, which gets it down to 3 MB. A Windows Store App is often 50 MB or more. An exe of 159 KB is nothing in this day and age. Keep it in perspective.

[Quin]

My exe is 9 MB before I use UPX on it, which gets it down to 3 MB. A Windows Store App is often 50 MB or more. An exe of 159 KB is nothing in this day and age. Keep it in perspective.

Logitech Options, a very simple (and quite inaccessible) piece of software that lets you connect your Logitech dongle to your keyboard (because that functionality definitely belongs in an app), is 52 MB. 159 KB these days is nothing

[Wolfram]

Hello Fred,

thanks for this update, but I still have problems with the speed of the serial interface.
If I use the serial library from PB 6.0.3 the read speed is two times faster.
Can you tell me what did you change please.

[Quin]

Hello Fred,

thanks for this update, but I still have problems with the speed of the serial interface.
If I use the serial library from PB 6.0.3 the read speed is two times faster.
Can you tell me what did you change please.

Probably best to open a bug report/revive a bug thread, bugs reported in release threads like this tend to get lost

[Wolfram]

Hello Fred,

thanks for this update, but I still have problems with the speed of the serial interface.
If I use the serial library from PB 6.0.3 the read speed is two times faster.
Can you tell me what did you change please.

Probably best to open a bug report/revive a bug thread, bugs reported in release threads like this tend to get lost

I had already done that, but the forum has been cleaned up in the meantime and my Topic is deleted.

[Quin]

Hello Fred,

thanks for this update, but I still have problems with the speed of the serial interface.
If I use the serial library from PB 6.0.3 the read speed is two times faster.
Can you tell me what did you change please.

Probably best to open a bug report/revive a bug thread, bugs reported in release threads like this tend to get lost

I had already done that, but the forum has been cleaned up in the meantime and my Topic is deleted.

Do you mean this topic?

[Randy Walker]

Really Fred. Can't you cut it down to half the size AND maintain the speed increase.

Why do you think it's bloat ? We're using a new CRT and it's increasing the size by a few KB, we don't do it for fun . And we heard you, really, no need to get back at it every posts: viewtopic.php?t=85217

More info here https://www.purebasic.fr/blog/?p=538

You spoil us Fred with your outstanding (near impossible) achievements in the overall development of PureBasic. Is it really a surprise we come to expect more than the impossible? I can see you take my comments a little too seriously so I'm going to shut up now. Thanks for sharing your work with us!!!