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@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ type checks, reflection, and even panic-time stack traces.
 
 <p>
 A trivial C "hello, world" program compiled and linked statically using gcc
-on Linux is around 750 kB.  An equivalent Go program is around 1.8 MB, but
+on Linux is around 750 kB.  An equivalent Go program is around 1.1 MB, but
 that includes more powerful run-time support.  We believe that with some effort
 the size of Go binaries can be reduced.