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[โ€“] Ret2libsanity@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Compile a c program with gcc then with g++.

You will quickly see the difference in size

And speed too. A small program using only C features can compile 5x faster with a c compiler then a c++ one. (GCC will use c++ mode on a .cop file so make sure it is .c)