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From: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net> wrote:

> i suppose a more useful comment might be a question:
> how does a C compiler get to be that big? what is all that code doing?

iterators, string objects, and a full set of C macros that ensure
boundary conditions and improve interfaces.

ron