On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:01:15 -0400, Roger
wrote:
C++ is just a bunch of object oriented libraries written in straight
C. C++ just saves us the time of having to write all that code. It's
also why compiling 37K of source code may give you a 30 Meg EXE. :-))

That would be if you were linking in the MS libraries... If you write
the C++ from scratch on a UNIX machine and are not linking in any
humongous libraries for a user interface, it won't be that much larger
than an executable written in straight 'C'... MFC applications can get
a bit large... Not usually 30M, but yeah, they are a bit bloated...