Language behind BitTorrent
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 20:27:21 -0500 (EST)
Octavian's question about this got me Googling for answers, and I think I
found one at
http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#How_can_.C2.B5Torrent_be_so_small_and_so_fast.3F
Before the current, 6.0 version BitTorrent was open source written in
Python with GTK as a GUI library. Now it is proprietary, closed C++ code
that omits standard C++ libraries, replacing them with custom routines as
needed (the company bought the "UTorrent/MuTorrent" codebase and is now
using it instead). The executable is then compressed with the Ultimate
Packer for Executables utility (UPX).
Thus, BitTorrent shows how small and fast a C++ application can be.
Realistically, however, this approach is only for C++ experts who can
selectively write all needed low level routines so that the standard
libraries may be omitted. I assume that BitTorrent uses the Win32 API
directly for building user interface elements, which also requires expert
C++ coding with only the memory structures and window messages needed.
Jamal
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