Robert Mathews <rmathews@envoyww.com> wrote:
[...] On my machine, the compiled libraries + source (no object files) takes 700MB for all the models for VC71. But, that's uncompressed. Compressed is a different story.
When I compress my directory, I get a 90% reduction in size - more like 70MB. But that's still too large. However, a single compile model - ie, single threaded (debug+release) - takes only 4.6MB, which is easily downloadable.
We use boost libs to write software for a living. We all sit on machines that are permanently connected to the internet. If it saves three hours of a developer's work the boss certainly rather has us download 700MB. Actually, knowing my boss, I think he'd rather has us download 7/GB/ and work on something else instead for those three hours. <g> I find it a PITA to download 4.6MB over ISDN from home. But at work, I'd download everything "just in case" and look at it later.
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