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 <p>
-A simple C "hello, world" program compiled and linked statically using gcc
-on Linux is around 750 kB,
-including an implementation of <code>printf</code>.
-An equivalent Go program using <code>fmt.Printf</code>
-is around 1.5 MB, but
-that includes more powerful run-time support and type information.
+A simple C "hello, world" program compiled and linked statically using
+gcc on Linux is around 750 kB, including an implementation of
+<code>printf</code>. An equivalent Go program using
+<code>fmt.Printf</code> weighs a couple megabytes, but that includes
+more powerful run-time support, and type and debugging information.
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