> Protobuf-java is a little heavy [...] Just depending on the library adds 1.6MB and nearly 700 classes before you even generate your own message classes. By c

> Protobuf-java is a little heavy [...] Just depending on the library adds 1.6MB and nearly 700 classes before you even generate your own message classes. By comparison, protobuf-net [1] is about 260KB and 68 classes. Python's [2] is a 1MB package download (with source). Why's the Java one so big? [1] https://github.com/protobuf-net/protobuf-net https://github.com/protobuf-net/protobuf-net [2] https://pypi.org/project/protobuf https://pypi.org/project/protobuf