As I've pointed out in a previous thread, virtually all of it is from a) iostreams and b) glibc. If you don't statically link glibc (as is the case the vast maj

As I've pointed out in a previous thread, virtually all of it is from a) iostreams and b) glibc. If you don't statically link glibc (as is the case the vast majority of the time) it's much smaller. Edit: You made my point for me in your edit :) Leaving my original comment for posterity.