Comment by dmitriid

One reason for doing it this way is possibly this:

> Well, have you ever met a C/C++ compiler that would put all functions in a 500+ KB executable on exactly the same address in the module after rebuilding a modified source code, especially when these modifications changed the amount of code in several functions?

It's quite possible they are still contractually obligated to maintain some pretty old systems where changes to the .exe would produce unexpected behaviour. I had Access apps/databases crash on a system if they were built by a different version of Access.