The "heaviest" software released by Microsoft: a compiler weighing more than 36 jin

CTOnews.com8: in the 47 years since its founding, Microsoft has released a lot of heavyweight software, but in terms of physical weight, the largest software released by Microsoft is a compiler.

On August 19, the Microsoft Windows developer documentation team asked Microsoft archivist Amy Stevenson, "what is the largest software released in Microsoft history?" Microsoft's biggest software is the Microsoft C / C++ compiler with Windows SDK released in 1992, which allows developers to develop MS-DOS, Windows and OS / 2 applications, Stevenson said. The compiler is packed in a box that is more than 2 feet long and weighs more than 40 pounds.

At present, the software we use is downloaded from the network, it can be said that there is no weight. But in the past, when the Internet was underdeveloped, users wanted to get the software by buying a floppy disk or CD, and officials would attach detailed instructions to their boxes. According to reports, Microsoft's Microsoft C / C++ compiler package, in addition to more than 20 floppy disks that store the software, there are more than 20 manuals. Stevenson says Microsoft has never released such heavy software since.

CTOnews.com learned that in 1993, Microsoft introduced Visual C++ to replace the C / C++ compiler. It is reported that the weight of the compiler has been greatly reduced, weighing only 33 pounds (about 14 kilograms).