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Compile the C code as C++, and you get exactly the same result.

I'm not trying to say that I could magically implement everything in STL in less space, I'm just saying that the mere use a string or vector in your c++ program adds 52kb of STL code.

#include <vector>
#include <string>

int main() {
std::vector<int> v(10);
for (int i=0;i<10;i++) {
v[i] = i*(i+i^3);
}
reverse(v.begin(), v.end());
std::string q = "omgomgom";

He means this:

#include <iostream>

int main() {
std::cout << "STL adds bloat. Lots of it.";
return 0;
}
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gcc version 3.4.2 (mingw-special)