Very right, and even more I might add a thing : the STL itself is just HUGE; and unless you live in a shell, you're going to use some library; that some library in all likeliness will include the STL directly or indirectly; and each and everyone of your files end up building the entire STL everytime they're built
> http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2010/08/c_compilation_s.html > > I'll be doing a followup on why D compiles fast.