Executable size still matters, though, because in a microser­vice architecture, you could have hundreds of instances of services running in the same memory space.

Self-running, stand-alone executable files allow you to distribute PowerPoint presentations that anyone can run. Coworkers, clients and employees who receive your executable file can click it to view ...

But thanks to APE — the Actually Portable Executable — format, you can run under Windows, Linux, MacOS, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and FreeBSD. This is quite a feat when you realize that most of these ...

When an executable uses shared library files, it is easy to check which direct dependencies (encoded in the executable file) it uses, by checking the executable with the ldd utility, which has a ...

The real dangers of PDF executable trickery There is more that can be done with this latest PDF hack that may not be immediately apparent. We could start seeing persistent PDF worm attacks.