📦 By "distilling" the IDE, you leave more system memory available for compiling large projects or running virtual machines.
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A controlled test using a mid-sized VCL application (15 forms, 3 FireDAC queries, 2 REST clients) compiled in Delphi 10.2 Tokyo: Delphi 10.2 Tokyo Distiller 1.0.0.29
It was three million lines of Object Pascal. No libraries. No external calls. It described, in excruciating logical detail, the stable state of a coffee cup, a breath of air, the temperature 22°C, and the concept of “a human face that is not afraid.”
Create a distiller.ini file in your project root with the following typical settings: 📦 By "distilling" the IDE, you leave more
Run as Administrator: The Distiller needs permission to modify registry entries associated with the IDE.
Alistair, a forgotten hermit of a programmer who had refused to update past Delphi 10.2 Tokyo, discovered the anomaly. His old IDE—ancient, bloated, and beautiful—still worked. Its compiler didn’t trust modern randomness. It used a deterministic, almost alchemical method of turning source code into machine code: the . No libraries
To run Distiller automatically after build:
Tonight, the Philter was ready.