From:	"Tony O'Bryan" <aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Hello world!
Date:	Sun, 04 Jan 1998 21:33:11 -0600
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Mark wrote:
> 
> What is the size of a simpe hello world program in C++ it seems a lot
> bigger than the one done in C.

This code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
  {
  printf("Hello world\n");

  return 0;
  }

compiled both with gxx and gcc, then stripped with strip.exe ended up
the exact same size: 36,504 bytes.

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Tony O'Bryan

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