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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 03:39:56 GMT
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[SNIP]

> 
> Welcome to C++, a monstrously large language, where even to say hello you 
> need a lot of baggage.  If that bothers you (I don't think it should), 
> don't use C++.
> 
> 
>>I can understand that there maybe is some extra code to prepare DJGPP
>>generated programs to run in 32-bit mode in an environment that has allways
>>been 16-bit (DOS).
> 
> 
> 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.

you don't *have* to use the standard C++ classes...  you can still use 
printf family under C++ and everything should work fine.  but C++ 
classes give nice things like a string type that will get rid of some 
headaches in dev.

> 


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