Dumbing Down Visual C++

[bruce1948]

The code bloat is in part due to the insane desire to have all programming languages share the same runtime system.  The instruction set of the processor was designed for this purpose, so why does MS have to believe that a common runtime can improve on it.
In the 70's i worked with a machine called the CTL Modular 4 that had a 6 user multitasking system running in 256K. It had no GUI but does a GUI really require all that code bloat?

[Vortex]

Try Pelles C. The installation is less then 35 Mb.

[dedndave]

MS tends to bloat everything they write - not just compilers (incl OS's - and - just look at .NET - lol)
when they got to the assembler, they couldn't find enough stuff to bloat
that's why half of us are here   :bg