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From: "Philip Pemberton" <philpem AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Subject: Re: "Hello World !" growed from 361 KB to 730 KB ! What's going on ?
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:56:10 -0000
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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1020305141558 DOT 20895A-100000 AT is...
> This has nothing to do with 32-bit vs 16-bit programs.  It has everything
> to do with the bloat in C++ classes used to print formatted messages.
> The fact that C programs, which also run in 32-bit protected mode, are so
> much smaller is the proof of this simple fact.

Now you know why I prefer C. I only use C++ extensions (classes, structs,
etc) when I have to. If I don't need C++, I don't use it. Simple as that.

Later.
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